"He thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before—this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again. All was a-shake and a-shiver—glints and gleams and sparkles, rustle and swirl, chatter and bubble. The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea."
~ Kenneth Grahame, 'The Wind in the Willows'
Illustration by E.H. Shepard.
*awake unusually early staring out over the canopy of trees as the cooler dewy air escapes it to become mist and fog as it’s exposed to the warm rays of a still rising sun, a wistful recollection dances forward in my memory* haha, man, “pwned” haven’t seen that in a while
@dTXTransitPosts@Knightengale There were still enough thoroughfares in place from the trolleys and railroads when studies and proposals were done in the 70s through the 90s that very little street infrastructure would be required for the light rail- the entire map throughout the city was basically there