This one is especially beautifully written. (Appreciate all of them, but this one especially so.) We have many hares in the fields here too, along with deer (I don’t know what kind) and wild boar, though where I am one sees the last more through the disturbances they leave in the crops than in motion themselves (in the fiends, that is; they are more visible in the forest), except after a harvest when their entire landscape changes in a day. I can’t imagine how they interpret or experience that.
On day on a walk I noticed a hare hanging out in an empty horse pasture amid a crowd of rooks. The birds would certainly have flown away had a human approached, but apparently the large hare was no disturbance.
Enjoyed the bit of reverse Shakespeare, though the sense of it is sad.
Wild boar! Do you ever see them or are they quite elusive?
I few years ago I was accompanying a photographer in some woods we were campaigning to save, when, as we were leaving, we came across an adjacent field which had hares, feral goats, rabbits, and roe deer all mixing together in a corner of the field. The photographer didn’t have his telephoto lens, so we didn’t get a shot of the scene, but it felt like a remarkable co-mingling of species.
Thanks for your kind words about my writing. I finally have a bit more time and headspace, and it probably shows in this post.
On the time and headspace — yes, one guesses from the text, that this is the entry point into further writing, the first slowing down. It’s amazing what a difference space from (metaphorical) noise makes.
Wild boar sounds straight out of Asterix, doesn’t it? It took a while not to think that way, but in fact they’re quite common here.
I’ve only seen them a few times, always from a distance, but friends have had near-misses of hitting one on the main road nearby.
You have really captured your last few days during this unpleasant heat, without the rest of your family around. Thanks for sharing...
This one is especially beautifully written. (Appreciate all of them, but this one especially so.) We have many hares in the fields here too, along with deer (I don’t know what kind) and wild boar, though where I am one sees the last more through the disturbances they leave in the crops than in motion themselves (in the fiends, that is; they are more visible in the forest), except after a harvest when their entire landscape changes in a day. I can’t imagine how they interpret or experience that.
On day on a walk I noticed a hare hanging out in an empty horse pasture amid a crowd of rooks. The birds would certainly have flown away had a human approached, but apparently the large hare was no disturbance.
Enjoyed the bit of reverse Shakespeare, though the sense of it is sad.
Wild boar! Do you ever see them or are they quite elusive?
I few years ago I was accompanying a photographer in some woods we were campaigning to save, when, as we were leaving, we came across an adjacent field which had hares, feral goats, rabbits, and roe deer all mixing together in a corner of the field. The photographer didn’t have his telephoto lens, so we didn’t get a shot of the scene, but it felt like a remarkable co-mingling of species.
Thanks for your kind words about my writing. I finally have a bit more time and headspace, and it probably shows in this post.
On the time and headspace — yes, one guesses from the text, that this is the entry point into further writing, the first slowing down. It’s amazing what a difference space from (metaphorical) noise makes.
Wild boar sounds straight out of Asterix, doesn’t it? It took a while not to think that way, but in fact they’re quite common here.
I’ve only seen them a few times, always from a distance, but friends have had near-misses of hitting one on the main road nearby.
The field image — amazing…