365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Reclamation
Day 28: Not much has changed in the 25-plus years since I first found this old guy. The leaf litter has gotten a bit deeper and the moss is having its way with the wooden wheel spokes, but for as damp as the forest is here, I would have expected his bones to have rusted away at least to a point that I could discern some level of decline. He was built to last, but at some point, I imagine his inner workings failed, and if the farmer serviced him and got him back on the job for a while, his demise was inevitable. Left where he took his last gasp, Mother Nature is doing her best to gather him to her bosom even though his spirit lingers.
Labels:
Cowlitz Wildlife,
old truck
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment