Pochoka mumsewu waukulu, kupita ku msewu wa phula wokhala ndi njira ziwiri wopita kugombe lakum'mawa kwa Avalon, msewu uwu nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi zigamba, kotero sizikudziwika ngati msewuwu uli ndi mbiri yakale komanso yapakati kuposa phula loyambirira.
Ili ndi dziko lopanda kanthu la Avalon, lomwe lili ndi mtengo wokhawo pamwamba pa mapewa anu, wotsekedwa ndi mphepo, wobisala m'chigwa.
Maiwe ndi tchire lopanda zomera zaikidwa ngati ma quilt akuluakulu, otambalala mbali zonse ziwiri, dzuwa ndi lotentha, nthaka ndi youma, ndipo fungo la tchire ndi madambo a peat limasefukira.
Ndinayimitsa galimoto yanga pa dothi laling'ono ndi miyala, komwe ndimatha kuwona dziwe lalikulu lomwe lili ndi mwala wokwera mwadzidzidzi mbali imodzi. Malowa nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi madzi akuya komanso magulu a nsomba zamtundu wa trout. Ili pamtunda wa kilomita imodzi kuchokera pamsewu, koma mtunda wake ndi wokongola: palibe chomwe chili m'maso mwanu choti mugwire ndikuyika sikelo yomveka bwino, koma mafunde ofewa pansi ndi fluff yopangidwa ndi zomera zomwe zimawombedwa ndi mphepo.
Kenako, ndinayenda pansi pa njira ya njinga ya m’dambo pakati pa zomera za m’dambo zomwe zinali zofooka kwambiri. Zodya nyama zokha zomwe zinkaoneka zonyowa mokwanira kuti zipulumuke, masamba awo ooneka ngati nyenyezi ankachita chidwi ndi madontho okongola omata. Zomera za m’dambo zinali zolimba komanso zofooka, ngati kuti mvula inali kugwa mofulumira. M’mbali mwa msewu waung’ono, mwadzidzidzi gulu laling’ono la mbalame linali patsogolo panga, likung’ung’udza ndi kusangalala, pazifukwa zina, nthawi zonse likuthawa mbali yomweyo ndi ine. Gulu langa lochita masewera olimbitsa thupi silidzauluka mpaka khoma lamwala litawonekera patsogolo panga.
Ndinatenga mzere, ndinanyamula nsomba yapakatikati ndikuyikoka, kenako ndinakhala m'mphepete mwa thanthwe, ndinavula nsapato zanga ndi masokosi, ndinatsamira pa thanthwe, ndikuponda pamadzi ofunda a bulauni. Ndikumva kulira kwakukulu komanso kowala kwa Osprey, koma sindingathe kuwona phokoso lake kumwamba. Panali mphepo pamadzi, ndipo ndinaganiza zosambira. Pamaso panga, magalimoto ndi magalimoto nthawi zina amayendetsa galimoto pamsewu. Miyala yokwezeka ndi misewu zimapangitsa msewu kukhala malire pakati pa kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, kotero magalimoto akuyenda pang'ono.
Maiwe ndi tchire lopanda zomera zaikidwa ngati ma quilt akuluakulu, otambalala mbali zonse ziwiri, dzuwa ndi lotentha, nthaka ndi youma, ndipo fungo la tchire ndi madambo a peat limasefukira.
Chifukwa chake, kulowa m'galimoto, m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kumapita m'madzi osaya komanso otakata abulauni ndi mtsinje wawung'ono wamwala, womwe umatsukidwa ndi madzi kwa nthawi yayitali, kotero kuti onse amakhala ndi mawonekedwe ofanana a sera komanso ozungulira. Palibe nsomba zambiri, ndipo komwe zili, zimagwidwa m'mabowo akuya, pansi pa magombe odulidwa, madzi a mtsinjewo amapinda ndikudula pansi pansi pa mitengo, ndipo madzi othamanga kwambiri m'makona amayendetsa miyala pansi pa mtsinje. Kankhani kuti apange makoma ndi madamu. Ntchentche yolimba idatuluka ndipo idalumidwa ndi maso a utawaleza, koma ntchentche za dragonflies zinateronso, zinadumpha ntchentche zozungulira zisanalume mwamphamvu.
Pamalo otsetsereka, phokoso la madzi oyenda likuoneka ngati likumeza mawu ena, kotero pali phokoso lofewa la madzi lodzigudubuza lokha. Dzuwa likutentha kwambiri, ndipo miyala ya mtsinje kumbuyo kwanga ikutentha kwambiri. Palibe kupuma kwa tsiku limodzi.
Russell Wangersky’s column appeared in the SaltWire newspaper and website on the Canadian Atlantic coast. You can contact him at russell.wangersky@thetelegram.com-Twitter: @wangersky.