I set out late this afternoon, on the 5th of February, with a specific goal: to locate a certain water oak tree branch with a solitary leaf at the tip which I had photographed yesterday. It had rained heavily overnight, and the air had turned colder, with a raw edge to it. The wind was blowing considerably, at speeds up to fifteen miles per hour. Needless to say, the leaf was long gone — probably pulled off the branch by a passing gust and carried off. What was it Bobby Burns said? “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” So I am posting yesterday’s shot here instead, as an extra blog post by way of a prologue to today’s photo (which I will post later this evening).
