Dairy Daze...and Now Beyond

 Yesterday it just happened.   The dog and I ended up going to the Faerie Spring.  We had been going out across the back upper pasture here on the ridge where the cows overwinter.  But we hadn't been able to the past 2 weeks because of turkey season and random wandering hunters...one of which we have no idea who it was, which is concerning.  Secondly, a few days ago I discovered that the Canadian geese that frequent the ponds there in the West pasture are attempting to nest in the bushes of that back pasture.  Bella and I and Ellen went back there over the weekend and heard the geese wanking back in the bushes.  Since they are almost always out in the pasture or there on the pond I knew they must be trying to set.  It would be neat if they were successful and actually were able to raise a couple of goslings. I digress. So Bella and I bypassed that back field and went a bit further to go through the wooded area on the edge of the ridge.  ...

Childhood and sunlight, both elusive and ephemeral Flicker between the leaves Dance on the water Shine bright in the treetops Both grow dim with The passage of time But if you search Peering down leaf-strewn ravines With the eyes of youth You may find echoes of childhood Still wading barefoot In clear waters Where childhood and sunlight meet once again To float free Or shine on the mossy rocks and feathery ferns Of a Faerie Spring.