After two days of rain

So much rain in the last few days. Whatever happened to that spell of good weather we always get when the kids go back to school?

A morning walk around the forest. Stillness. Damp. Chill. Earthballs popping up beside the tracks. The gorse bushes draped with silver webs. A Sika doe, still wearing her summer dapples, in amongst the young conifers. We exchanged glances and moved on.

A single chiffchaff singing, but unlikely to summon Spring.