31 May 2024

Through the Woods

Charles W. Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts   

Late spring or early summer ?
Leaves are still young, bright, perfect.
  Mingling through the woods. Dancing with the shadows in light breeze.

Grasses are taller, do not allow cross-walks any more.
  And the rocks would not mind.
    Ready, as usual, for my boots.

Arriving to the beaver's pond, an artwork of a primeval engineer.
 Where all is worked-out without touching anything.
  Or so IT feels.
  Some trees were sacrificed. All the rest came by nature. Bringing water to those who need IT.
 
  Yet meant for a beaver... 

Ward Reservation: ... late spring or early summer ?...

Ward Reservation: ... grasses are taller...

Ward Reservation: ... do not allow cross-walks any more...

Ward Reservation: ... and the rocks would not mind...

Ward Reservation: ... what about cross-flights ?...

Ward Reservation: ... leaves are still young, bright, perfect...

Ward Reservation: ... arriving to the beaver's pond...

Ward Reservation: ... where all is worked-out without touching anything...

Ward Reservation: ... some trees were sacrificed, all the rest came by nature...

Ward Reservation: ... young ferns lead the way...

Ward Reservation: ... through the rocky stream passage...

Ward Reservation: ... with some hops...

Ward Reservation: ... and climbs...

Ward Reservation: ... to the top...

Ward Reservation: ... with the long views of Boston...

Ward Reservation: ... and then dive into the leaves...

Ward Reservation: ... wooded browns...

Ward Reservation: ... and greens...

Ward Reservation: ... touching the meadows...

Ward Reservation: ... with flamboyance...