Sunshine and Beauty. The cycles of Life

What a day. Went up early to the hills to pick up a load of firewood I had cut a few weeks before. Back then the trees were at what I'm pretty sure was the peak of color. It was an amazing to see those trees and to be up there working in the clear cool air and enjoying it. Driving down in the afternoon light was truly stunning. This morning I returned to the spot to pick up the wood and I saw on a number of the trees the leaves had gone to brown and were falling. A not so subtle rmeinder of the cycles of life. The leaves will fall and then grow again.

I spent the afternoon stacking the wood I had collected and then cutting and cleaning up the plants in the courtyard. Again I am reminded of that cycle of life and that these plants I just cut to almost nothing will be back up in the spring.

Whether or not it's part of the same, today we got called out look for a lost 4x4 up by Peavine. I got there just about in time to find out he had gotten home and we were cleared. I was driving back and again began thinking of Erin. I still miss my little pup, my trusted friend and companion for 12 years. I know, like the leaves that must fall, she too could only live for some time. I miss her. I miss her funny little dances she would do when happy.  I still can't quite let go of her.