On the sun-dappled
south slope
just above a winter wilderness trail.
Four high-spirited mule deer; prancing and bounding
to and fro.
Halting suddenly! beneath a lonely tree of knotty pine.
Four wilderness wanderers peering at a magpie who is
exercising its character of the wild and free.
Bird dancing, in amongst
the golden dried bunch grass;
creating the magpie's own amphitheater.
Our feathered friend has its own drumming chattering band.
Keeping step, in Nature, magpie dances to the wilderness
harmonics.
In amongst dried leaves beneath a deciduous outcropping, two
Steller's jays are noted.
Scratching and searching for insects.
"Mule Deer's Paradise,"
truly tuned into Nature's serene winter wilderness setting.
Absolutely!
