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Today it was the laundry basket's secret code that I felt tempted to decipher:

It's like writing you see in a dream and then struggle to write down as you wake up.

I went for a walk in the woods on New Year's Day with wakanomori--our destination was a beaver pond. It was late: we had to walk briskly to get there and back before dark. On our way we met an older man coming in the opposite direction. He had a polished, painted walking stick. I admired it, and he said he'd painted it himself--the moose, the man in the kayak, the dark pines--all things that were important to him. And at the top, the colors of a coral or king snake, because, he said, he loved snakes. He had beautiful eyes and an accent that reminded Wakanomori of Dorset farmers. He allowed as to how there were a lot of people on the trails that day--but for us, he was the first. (We met several others after that. On our way back, Wakanomori said, "I wonder how many more humans we'll encounter." I gave him a sidelong look. "Your disguise is slipping," I said.)

The mist was rising by that point:

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osprey_archer

What a beautiful walking stick, and a lovely day. And of the people you met, how many were human, do you think, and how many - something else?

asakiyume

Most had an otherworldly flavor. There was a family, seen from a distance, that may have been human, and the last group we passed before leaving, a group of middle-aged women hikers, seemed pretty human. But the rest--ehhhh.

The suggestion of a fox ear bulging under a stocking cap, the wisp of a tail peeking out of the hem of a trench coat...

the wisp of a tail peekine out of the hem of a trench coat--and then whisked in if they catch you looking.

sartorias

That is a lovely photo!

As soon as the sun began to set, the mist began to rise!

sovay

Today it was the laundry basket's secret code that I felt tempted to decipher

It says "hic" quite clearly in the lower row, so you just need to figure out what's here that it wanted you to know about.

(We met several others after that. On our way back, Wakanomori said, "I wonder how many more humans we'll encounter." I gave him a sidelong look. "Your disguise is slipping," I said.)

Bold of him to assume they were human.

It does say "hic"! Someone on Mastodon suggested "put dirty socks here" as the ultimate intent--so perhaps it's simply a Latin-preferring laundry basket!

Bold of him to assume they were human --Quite!

It does say "hic"! Someone on Mastodon suggested "put dirty socks here" as the ultimate intent--so perhaps it's simply a Latin-preferring laundry basket!

I like that!