Many small wild flowers are in full bloom. The larger bodacious ones will arrive later in the summer. But for now these microscopic blooms are every bit as beautiful if you get down on your knees with your nose two inches from them. That's what I did on my afternoon walk. I took pix of each and every species I could locate. Get down, take pix, get back up, etc for about a mile.
While on this walk I saw three Spring Azure butterflies. It is impossible to capture them in a pix since within the blink of my eye they will have moved in every way imaginable. I just have to be satisfied with a sighting.
To experience the river walk without actually going, start by putting your eyes on the pix below, take a deep breath and imagine your incoming breath arriving on the gentle breeze as it wafts through Spring warmed pine thus delivering a hint of new pine, old pine, new verdant vegetation with eons of the old.
Your foot steps fall upon a path strewn with layers of old pine needles creating a magic carpet ride as you silently glide along.
As you go the river sings to you. It's one of the oldest songs on Earth. The whisper of water as it slides over declining river beds meeting with various obstacles as it goes. Each impediment offers a different tone creating a melody heard only just this once, by you, hosting your own private Chopin as you walk.
It looks like a beautiful area; we’ll have to camp there one of these days. That path just lures a person in for sure. Pam
ReplyDeleteOur wilderness areas are singing to each of us. We need to be there to hear the music and dance with the butterflies.
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