Saturday, January 07, 2012

"Wild Place Veils..."



For we adventurers, our wild places are so very much more than a location on the map. There are secrets out there, unique unknowns, further, farther, higher, and within as well... Wild places may become our special sanctuary too, if only we allow ourselves a glimpse beyond certain kinds of veils... I remember, what was disguised within those cold winter days out with our dog teams, and beyond that veil of continually falling snows... We remember, that unseen mountain, invisible to us through that white out, yet that presence we found beyond will never be lost nor forgotten... We recall, the rain that seemed to forever screen away those distant coastal islands, until we journeyed through that misty curtain and then beyond even that veil too... The shades of nightfall, the disguising fog on a long beach trek, the apparently concealing mist that covers a deeply forested river valley - all are veils that secret so much beyond them and then within as well... Then as we seek to pierce those veils of understanding and perceiving within all of this, and as we see that which was first invisible, now through the rising, wafting smoke of our camp fires - our wild place veils slowly, wonderfully, begin to drift and fall away... Perfect timing for our unfolding new year and the adventure dreams and plans we are each creating..... DSD

My appreciation Dearhearts for your wonderful misty mindful images.

1 comment:

Barry said...

The snow is less but the experiences are no less great. Warm winds offer relief and sculpt drifting snow into infinite shapes. The Lower Kananaskis Lake penstock is being replaced. The old wooden duct is covered with spectacular ice, fattened by Chinooks. Might be its last year. Happy New Year. I have been away for awhile but I have kept up with appreciation for your musings.