καιρός remembered

The woman in the trees

A sound echoed through the forest, but I couldn’t work out where it was coming from. Then, suddenly, I saw a nymph moving high up in the oak trees. Surprised, I called out: “What are you doing up there?” She gave me a broad smile and called back: “Je fais une chose tout à fait bonne: je vis dans les arbres.” Just as Cosimo had once replied in the wonderful story The Baron in the Trees. “Ah, Calvino!” I exclaimed. “Yes, my favourite!” she cried, and then she vanished amongst the leaves, leaving me speechless. Oh, those Kumaoni tree nymphs!

Photo of the week: Almora, Uttarakhand, India 2011