"On the day we take the forest path to the deep stream beside...

"On the day we take the forest path to the deep stream beside the alder copse. There a plover calls in the deep woodsy stillness, and then a pair of martins dart across the over-grown path. Through the trees can be seen the thick and fast-moving line of flowing water, a steep bank beneath our feet and flowering at the edge of the water, the purple loosestrife and meadowsweet of spring."

— from the novel SINFUL FOLK

PHOTO: adorus: shaping (by emibot)