the wind and I

Today I managed to get over to Bowie for a steady 6.5 miles. My wife and son joined me beforehand. She's the photographer of the family and we couldn't pass up the chance to capture the heavy snow blanket that covered Fairview the night before.

I then hit Perimeter Trail and Loblolly Upper. I caught sight of a large owl but it was far after he had seen me. Ashen wings dressed with black tipped feathers. He was in flight and half gone by the time I was close, sending showers of snow to the ground as he brushed through the trees. Sounds are gobbled up by the snow and leave a silence, a deep peace. The youngest pines bowed in submission across the trail from the weight of the snow, while the old gentlemen, the big pines, stood as if in fine white suits.