The air is crisp and cool, biting on the inhale, an underlying essence of pine carried by the breeze in the coniferous forest. Sunlight streams through the trees, misty from the thawing snow and ice. Traversing the swampy and unstable pathways, we tread carefully, occasionally getting mired in the mud. A joyful January ramble in the woods.
The photo and thoughts are from a hike I took with my husband yesterday. I’m semi-disconnecting on Sundays and scheduled this to stand in for me until I return on Monday. A small stone for day 8.
Bountiful Healing 
Oh what we wouldn’t give for some sunshine and dappled light in this part of the world…
I’ll send some your way, Mrs. UHDD. I know how talented you are at working with magical light. 🙂
A small beautiful stone, indeed. (I smile at the male figure walking ahead through the dappled woods and, it figures, bless his luck at having good walking knees.)
Thank you, Kathy.
Let me introduce you to M (currently blessed with good walking knees), who doesn’t mind being featured as long as he’s off in a distance and pretty much unrecognizable. The funny thing is that I recognize him very well, even off in a distance, even without my glasses, by the shape of his body and the way that he moves. Even in a photo like this, I recognize him. That whole “love is blind” thing must have been made up by someone who has not learned to look without their glasses. 🙂
Eeep… that should be “not learned to look without their glasses.” (I fixed it.)
Thank you for carrying us along with you.
Thanks for coming along, J Cosmo. And thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate it. 🙂