This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
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.
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