Even then she knew that hares didn't make them, but in the absence of any other name or explanation for their existence, for the next 50 years she also called them hare tracks.
Last year she read a book called: How to Read Water by Tristan Gooley. The mystery of Hare tracks has been explained.
It's natural oil.
All vegetation, including sea vegetation, has some oil content that is released as it decomposes. Oil does what oil does, and a micro thin layer of it gets all broken up and won't be seen on rough water, but when water is just lightly ruffled, you can see the oil sticking to itself and doing that calming effect that oil has on the surface of water in the form of these tracks.
She still calls them hare tracks.
By the way the 7th month of our lockdown starts today.... 7 months! (well 6 months and counting).
Hari Om
ReplyDeleteWell, from now on, I too shall call them hare tracks!!! Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
In honour of 'make-it-up-as-you-go-along' grandfathers everywhere. It seems to be much harder to entertain kids with tall tales these days. xxx F & Mr T
Deletevery interesing, i have never seen these, so will not have to call them by name, butt if I do, i will call them Hare tracks.
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