Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Winter Excursion

A day of gentle snowfall softens the landscape. On the lakes, the distant shore invites exploration. Oh, the delights to be found, to be revealed, if we move onward into the hazy unknown, if we are open to possibility!

This past weekend I skied up Hegman Lake to the narrows. Viewing the pictographs standing upright and in the snow which was sometimes gently drifting down, sometimes screaming sideways, was a different sort of contemplative experience than sitting in a canoe coasting by in the heat of the summer, listening to the drip of the water off the paddle and the buzz of mosquitoes. Yes, winter is a glorious time of year!

More information on the Hegman Lake pictographs can be found at this site.

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