12/24/2023, red L, 10:15am -12:00pm
Unseasonably warm, drizzly morning
Rain falls softly on the leaves
Active birds, calling and singing to each other
Christmas chat with Myko
Moss-socked tree trunks
Glimpse of cotton-white deer tails bounding through the forest
Intoxicating petrichor lifts from below
Leaf-domed squirrel shelters, exposed high in trees
Ah, the dampened, ever-fragrant prairie
Crystal drops from branches and thorns
Fossil-filled creeks
Sun emerges and glistens the end of a rainy Christmas hike
