Friday, October 28, 2016

AS THE SUN MELTS THE EARLY FLASH SNOW (NO PICTURES DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES)





The sudden snowfall of one day made for a curious sight in the forest the following day. What had happened was that the shaded areas kept the snow and the open parts had the snow melted. The leaves of the trees had not fallen yet, and so one second you appeared as if in a winter wonderland and would swear it was December, and the next, in a matter of feet, you could find yourself in the autumn parts with leaves yellow and orange hued, even green!- and have no idea of feeling for the snow. So, it can be a curious place. 


The dogs ran around both parts, and they are also as the sutra says, ‘…on their enlightenment path.’ And quite literally they are on the path! - Then they crisscross it and run diagonally about it. I can see that the one is feeling a bit better (I think he had a cold), and the other, though she would tell you she prefers to stay in, needed the air and enjoyed the run and play and exercise in general. They just celebrated their third birthday a little while back,- October 5th (one’s actual birthday and the other, well we adopted that birthday as it was apparently close to that day)- so the siblings can celebrate together.


There was nobody there as it was early and the sun going up and becoming more endued somehow with its own prowess and charisma, it melted the snow from the leaves that were hovering in the forest. This made for it to feel like it was raining though raining it was not. The sky, then blue beyond, and some jet streams here or there. The world waking up. As we drive afterwards, one can see silos, - silos in the sun as I say sometimes, and the fields, some verdant, some flaxen. What else? - The whole thing, - sometimes cows, sometimes a large dog or coyote waiting for something in a field. Trains. Sky. Clouds. And soon enough the snow had been melted and all that is left is the story of when it was present. 





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