I returned to the site of my first walk. I remembered something I wanted to re-visit, a group of rough lean-to shelters made from fallen limbs and piles of leaves. The structures were not jarring in any sense, being made of found materials from the immediate area. They were curious structures, playful and mysterious. They invited spiders to build extensive webs on them in a collaboration of sorts, the spiders adding woven elements and embellishments where they liked.
The light this morning was clear, the temperature slightly chill on my exposed face and hands.
Leaves and gravel crunched underfoot.
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Crows called to each other in the distance.
I returned to the edges of a little stream, possibly spring fed, to make a few recordings and played with recording at different locations along it capturing different voices as it flowed over and around, spilled down here and dripped there, and pooled in areas forming bubbles. Bubbles appeared and disappeared, small bubbles joined to make bigger bubbles, all of them bobbing and jostling, sidling and shimmying, doing a spell-binding Bubble Dance.
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That evening our local crickets performed their end of season stridulations.
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Laurie, I love this collection of photos, the quirks and weirdnesses of the woods and the man made and insect made nests. I'm most excited by the one that shows the mycorrhizal fungus network on the rotting tree trunk. Not only does it capture a fascinating phenomenon, the light green lines of the fungi is in such contrast to the darkness of the trunk. I also enjoyed the B&W images of the stick fort which accentuates the tones of the shadows and the wood.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I was unable to access your sound pieces. My Dropbox was not letting me in. I will try again and get back to you.
I couldn't access it either - and I really would love to hear the stream!
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ReplyDeleteI love the images as a collection too. The juxtaposition and relationship between the human and naturally occurring structures is interesting and the way you've chosen them allows me to see that. I was unable to access the sound files but I really like the approach of describing your walk with sounds embedded in the text so we could be on it with you.
Lisa
Thanks for your comments. Audio problem fixed. Please take a listen when you have a chance.
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