Embrace it

  Fogged in.  Pea-soup thick, ghostly grey, covered with a gossamer film fog...every day...every day...I wake up to this greyness...this sogginess.  It is not that I mind because the fog has several good points with the best being that watering the garden is not necessary.  There is no dragging that hose about for a good hour to soak all of the cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower plants.  Instead, I can concentrate on gathering the firewood for the upcoming cold front that is to slide in behind this dampness.

  Another good thing about the fog is that it gives me the opportunity to get a whole lot closer to the wildlife around here.  The fog makes the ground soggy which muffles the footsteps and it also shrouds the view so critters are not afraid.  This morning as I was on the pier, several ducks ventured quite near. One was a merganser that actually came within a few feet as it tried to figure out just what that dark blob (me) was.  The sweet little thing kept getting closer and closer.  Although, I would have loved to get a clear picture of the bird, I was purely satisfied with just being so near.   Perhaps if the mergansers get accustomed to my presence, a few clear photos will be obtained once the fog lifts.  I have always loved the little "hoodies".

  Fog...embrace it.  There is really not much else you can do.