human
Create a short description of a serene scene outside a road in a forest with ash trees, a boulder, and a frieze.
assistant
Stands of tall ash trees border the road, interspersed with delicate flowering dogwoods. The way is furrowed and prodigious potholes are the rule instead of the exception. A large boulder, its veined surface encrusted with a frieze of lichens, forces the track to curve in a southeasterly direction.