So there was a day, less than a week ago, of morning damp, chill sun,
frost,
a last porch lunch,
a last studio visit and then
Bryan, on his way east [or southeast, really, from Tacoma [the city, not the Toyota]] to go west to San Francisco’s Covid environs for the holidays. We walked to Parker at day’s end, spent a
semi-distanced evening together talking ammo and basketball* and as Solstice dawned
Monday closed up and went our ways, separately.
I followed down the desert and
down the desert
and
on into Doyle, noticing last month’s dry winds had accounted for several more fires in the area.
The dogs were let out, some of whom were not very good about getting back in,
and after Hallelujah Junction we took the back way to Truckee.
Traffic on 80 was stupid and really stupid after Auburn…so to Benicia to unload unpack unwind
unto Collapse. Tuesday presented a cold dense fog and the Season,
with a cold bright day the next
wherein after lunch a person
was up on the parapet hoping to make things a little more weatherproof
on the inside, where so far not much other progress has been made
as we’ll be dreaming of a Wet Christmas day after tomorrow.
Happy that or the Holidays of your choices, regardless…
*I know next to nothing about either but he does.
The rimed wheel in the splash of decaying wood resonates several chords. Lovely, Michael!
Decaying wood…shouldn’t it come in cords? [erk]
What a gorgeous winter morning of low-lying fog and light to bid you farewell to Wall. Perhaps it’s a good omen for a better year ahead.
Just avoid that I-80 traffic, eh?
happy holidaze, bro!
Merry Christmas, Mike and give our best to Linda.
It struck me that if Bryan drove a Tacoma, from Tacoma, it could lead to some positively Marxian dialogue (meaning the brothers, not Karl.) We had what I would call a rain blizzard yesterday. 5 years ago that would have been snow and there would have been 18 inches of it. The desert is looking splendid, and as always the juxtaposition with objects more bound by geometry is always compelling when you are behind the lens. Have a fine holiday season and give my best also to Linda. Fred