I should be taking advantage of this warm
spell to chip away at the freezer, but instead I took Lucy and the
camera up into the national forest to explore. There is a
trailhead for a National Scenic Trail about 15 minutes from my house
and I'd never taken the time to check it out --- shame on me!
The sun was hidden, but I still managed to capture some interesting ice
photos. When I reached the magnificent waterfall at the end of
the trail, though, I put the camera away and simply sat on a ledge over
the falls, letting the crashing water block out the rest of the
world. On the walk back to the car, a raven circled us
repeatedly, croaking out some message I was too dull to decipher but
which left me soaring on winter woods endorphins.
Six miles later, I'm back home. The trailer is warm, the sun is
beginning to come out, and two cats are cuddled up beside me. A
perfect Saturday.