Bench, In honor of James A. Epperson and Stephen C. Meigher, Jr.

The bench faces the Hanover Inn from the opposite side of the green, sheltered by a large tree on either side, planted in dedication to more people of importance. The bench is old and rotting on the exterior, the wood almost always soft and wet in rain or shine. The two main back posts are covered head to toe in lichen, which seems to avoid the rest of the bench.

The right side of bench has a back support with a spot without any rotting or moss, just clean wood. The spot is still wet like the rest of the bench.

An acorn fell to the right of me and landed on the bench while I was writing this. It is a lime green similar to the grass, with white streaks on its top half. It caused a good deal of dew to fall from the leaves it hit.

I nearly forgot to add the photos of the bench as a whole and the acorn, which I now realize is missing it's hat. I am not sure if the hat was lost on the way own from the tree, or if the hat detaching was the reason for its descent. Hopefully I can figure this out tomorrow.

This morning, I found that the acorn had up and left me. I was disappointed that I failed to find it's hat before it left, but I like to think it managed to climb back up the tree in hopes to fall on another unsuspecting victim.

On another note, a spider has been expanding its home on the bench to cover the entirety of the left side, seemingly ignoring my presence and capability to undo all of its work. The web was still in its early stages of life, but the supports being constructed connected to every corner of the bench, excluding my position.

There was another observer joining me in admiring the spider's trivial work, although they had often run-ins with the spider, so it is hard to qualify them as solely an observer. This red mite kept me good company in the morning cold, once climbing on my hand without my knowledge. It took a good deal of effort to remove them from my hand, taking about 10 minutes. Perhaps it liked the little warmth my body provided, or maybe it just liked the idea of a mobile floorplan for its home.