A walk in the woods

 A walk in the woods.  A blue Carolina day.  The smell  and crunch of fallen leaves. 

Tree shadow stripes.  Alone on the path. 

 And then a River.   Follow it.

  To the Falls

And we are alone

 Mesmerized

( Crabtree Falls - Blue Ridge Parkway near Little Switzerland)

We rejoice, not only for nature's grandeur 

but also for the small beauties that halt us in our tracks

 Sunrise painted the bare trees.  

An illusion to turn back the clock.

(view from our bedroom at Wildacres Retreat)