Monday, November 15, 2010

FOG

It has been so dry here of late, that we have been missing the ghostly presence of fog.  I'm a fog worshipper.  Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, fog was more common than navigators enjoyed.  I lived right next to a bay--we called it being "on the bay."  My bedroom was on the southwest corner of the little house my father built.  The rain and even sometimes the windblown spray from the saltwater, would lash that side of the house during storms.  I loved it!  I also grew to love the feeling of isolation which came over me when fog enveloped our home.  The sounds carried more than usual.  Voices could be heard more clearly.   Here, too,  in the Appalachians, we are often in the fog.  The sound of the train rumbles more roundly.  And again, I love the feeling that we are on an island, alone. The mist is beautiful as it shrouds the limbs, creating a totally different landscape.  It feels...snug.   






8 comments:

  1. All my mornings are misty/foggy in the fall Elora. We live smack dab in the middle between two dams and the water is cold..so cold that swimming isn't possible til' nearly July in the summer. In the fall the water is just the right temperature to cause fog and mist to rise up in the early morning hours. Farther up the lake they get it all year but here it's always a pleasant surprise. blessings, marlene

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  2. Just catching up on your posts...so how did it go with the spinning wheel? Just love the third picture in today's post - I miss the fog too!!

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  3. Absolutely beautiful photos of the fog. The feeling of solitude is conveyed especially in the photo of your farm building. We too had fog this morning -- close-in, thick kind. I too love dense fog -- long as I don't have to drive in it. I take it you didn't get the rain that we got yesterday. Good post -- barbara

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  4. Wonderful fog pictures! It was with us all day here. And the rain!

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  5. Lovely, spooky fog pix ... frame-worthy!

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  6. All you fog-lovers! I like your "spooky," Debbi! Thanks so much!

    Vicki, I think you are somehow sucking up our rain! Quit that! ;-0)) Lucky dogs! Fog AND rain is too good!!

    Marlene, Sounds like you're "bridged" by water on all sides! And I feel exactly the same re: driving in it! Not fun. Many's the night, I recall driving home from doing a kitchen show for Pampered Chef waaaaaaay out on the one-lane roads. I drove through miles and miles of fog. Scary. The worst thing was the deer. Talk about deer eyes in the headlights!

    Thank you so much, Barbara! And you, too, are sneaking bits of our water! ;-)))) But we finally got some last night! Hooray! Thanks for the compliments, too!

    Elora, Re: spinning wheel parts. They are in transit as I write. The seller didn't quibble. They're being expedited. So I am using the time to get my "studio" in better shape. First task (thanks to Marlene's descriptions of UFO's (Translation: Un-Finished Objectives)I am slicing up old jeans that are ripped and ragged, making tomato ties of them for this coming year. Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without! We NEED tomato ties, and nobody needs thses old jeans. I had been thinking of making some of those delightful totes out of them, but had to ask myself why I would one. And now, with the new spinning wheel, My focus is with handspun! So, I'm slicing and dicing jeans, today, putting the strips in a box for next summer. The panty hose we used this past year, strrrrrreeeettched and eventually all the tomatoes sogged to the ground. So, I figure denim will work better and I've got plenty!

    Love you all, thanks so very much for your comments!

    Elora

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  7. Just love those last 2 pictures. We get quite a bit of fog though it is mostly very low cloud which we drive up into from our valley. It is pretty when you see it nestling in the valeys like a blanket, not so much fun to drive through.

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  8. Ruta,
    Your fog pictures trump all, girl! How far from Stonehenge are you???!!!

    Elora

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