Uchibva mumugwagwa mukuru, uchienda kumugwagwa une nzira mbiri dzeasphalt unoenda kumhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva yeAvalon, mugwagwa uyu unowanzo gadzirwa nematombo, zvekuti hazvina chokwadi kuti mugwagwa uyu une madzitateguru akawanda kupfuura asphalt yekutanga.
Iyi inyika isina chinhu yeAvalon, ine muti mumwe chete uri pamusoro pemafudzi ako, wakavharirwa nemhepo, wakavanda mumupata.
Madziva nemakwenzi asina chinhu akarongwa semachira makuru, achienda kumucheto kumativi ese, kune zuva uye kuchipisa, ivhu rakaoma, uye kunhuhwirira kwemakwenzi nematangi epeat kunofashukira.
Ndakamisa mota yangu padhaka diki nejecha, kwandaigona kuona dziva guru rine dombo rakangoerekana rakwira kune rimwe divi. Nzvimbo iyi inowanzova nemvura yakadzika uye mapoka ehove dzehove. Iri makiromita angangoita imwe chete kubva mumugwagwa, asi daro iri pano rinokwezva: hapana chinhu chiri mumaziso ako chekugona kubata nekuisa chiyero chakajeka, kungoti mafungu akapfava ari pasi uye fluff inoumbwa nemiti inofefeterwa nemhepo.
Zvadaro, ndakafamba munzira yemabhasikoro emumashanga pakati pemiti yemumashanga inenge isina kusimba. Imbwa dzinodya nyama chete ndidzo dzairatidzika kunge dzakanyorova zvakakwana kuti dzirarame, mashizha adzo akaita senyeredzi aifadzwa nemadonhwe anonamira anoyevedza. Miti yemugadzi wemiti yakanga yakaoma uye isina kusimba, sekunge mvura yaikurumidza kunaya. Padivi pemugwagwa mudiki, kamwe kamwe boka diki reshiri rakauya pamberi pangu, richitarisa-tarisa uye richifara, nekuda kwechimwe chikonzero, richigara richitiza nenzira imwecheteyo neni. Bato rangu rekudzidzira harizobhururuke kusvika rusvingo rwedombo rwaonekwa pamberi pangu chaipo.
Ndakatora tambo, ndikasimudza hove yepakati nepakati, ndikagara pamucheto wedombo, ndikabvisa bhutsu dzangu nemasokisi, ndakazendamira padombo, ndikatsika mvura inodziya yebrown. Ndinonzwa kuchema kukuru uye kwakajeka kweOsprey, asi handigoni kuona ruzha rwayo mudenga. Kwaiva nemhepo pamusoro pemvura, uye ndakafunga nezvekushambira. Pamberi pemaziso angu, mota nemarori dzimwe nguva zvinofamba mumugwagwa. Matombo akakwirira uye nzira dzekufamba nadzo dzinoita kuti mugwagwa uve muganho pakati pedenga nenyika, saka mota dziri kufamba kusvika pamwero wakati.
Madziva nemakwenzi asina chinhu akarongwa semachira makuru, achienda kumucheto kumativi ese, kune zuva uye kuchipisa, ivhu rakaoma, uye kunhuhwirira kwemakwenzi nematangi epeat kunofashukira.
Saka, kupinda mumotokari, nepamhenderekedzo yegungwa, kunoyerera mumvura isina kudzika uye yakafara yebrown nerwizi rudiki rwematombo, rwakagezwa nemvura kwenguva yakareba, zvekuti dzose dzine chitarisiko chakafanana chenakisi uye chakatenderera. Hakuna hove dzakawanda, uye padziri, dzinobatwa mumakomba akadzika, pasi pemahombekombe akachekwa, mvura yerwizi inokombama uye inocheka pasi pemiti, uye mvura inoyerera nekukurumidza pamakona inodzinga matombo pasi pemvura. Push kuti iite madhishi nemadhamu. Yakakora yakabuda ndokurumwa nenhunzi nemaziso emuraraungu, asi shato dzakaitawo saizvozvo, dzakasvetukira nhunzi dzakapoteredza dzisati dzaruma zvine simba.
Pakukombama, ruzha rwemvura zhinji inoyerera runoita seruri kurira mamwe manzwi, saka pane ruzha rwemvura inoyerera zvinyoro nyoro. Zuva rinopisa zvikuru, uye matombo erwizi ari kumusana kwangu anotopisa zvakanyanya. Hapana zororo kwezuva rimwe chete.
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.