I went to the wood this evening.
It was very still, with pigeons sounding in the distance, and long-tailed tits pipping somewhere up in the tree tops.  The suns was slanting in at a sharp angle, but did not penetrate where I stood.  Although the air felt still, as I looked up the trees were swaying as in a high swell at sea, and I wondered at the swaying of the slim trunks, anchored among the pine needles, and dancing like wild things far above my head.
I felt nervous.
Soon my bed will be nestled at their feet, and I will be an alien sleeping amongst the trees, in the darkness.  I have not yet asked permission from them - from the trees, the spirits that dwell here.

Should I do this?  Is this being a little....silly?  Or should I take this precaution, and show respect to the environment that I will be sharing the night with?
But how to do this?
And who is it that I am expecting to be in communication with?