We have been having our first nor'easter of the fall this week---and it has lasted now four days. These days are not all bad--there is something very comforting about seeing the deer out in the field "softened" by the fog and rain. It makes me want to build a fire, and the heaviness of the air holds the smell of the burning wood down close to the ground.
Below is another from my friend in Maine, who is sharing the same nor'easter and sees the same strange comfort in this scene---it is a calming eliquor for the soul.
My friends partner is a Lobsterman and shares a similar feeling as me when enveloped by the fog and rain of a nor'easter. It gives me a feeling of "loneness"---like I am the only one there---and as vision becomes compressed hearing is amplified. The comfort offered by crawling up into the lap of a giant old Hemlock tree is like crawling up on your Mother's lap. To be sure, nor'easters can also have periods of high winds and beating rains (or snow) coming down in sheets that move horizontally---then they offer less comforting feelings
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 10-31-2021 at 11:34 AM.
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