fernified

I knew what I needed today: a hike. I needed to get deep into some woods and cleanse my mind. So I went up a mountain with this beautiful she-wolf/dog:

She has become my new best dog-pal. Until I have a settled life (a few years or decades down the road), I have to just be a friend and not an owner of a dog. That's fine with me.

It was not a radiantly gorgeous day, but it was a very fine day for a hike, yes indeed. It's been a long time since I walked my bones up a mountain, so it was a slog, but OH did it feel good. Purifying!

Hallelujah, glory be, for dogs and Spring and hikes and snow patches beneath mossy rocks, and barnacled bark breathing out sweet pristine air into my hungry lungs.


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