Cookie Mischief, Wild Flowers and Ancient Gorges.

sneaky lily of the valley causing olfactory delight!

So it seems it's the little things that bring you into the fullness of the present.  For me snacking while letting my mind unravel in the empty spaces in the woods continues to be one of my best solutions for earthy sanity.  Actually, that sanity has led to some recent cookie mischief.  What pray tell is cookie mischief?  Well, for me, it's donning my favorite wig and offering free cookies to hikers and bikers!   Mischief for the karmic cookie seems like good medicine to me and has likely increased my good cookie karma exponentially.

Native Azaleas, at the NC Arboretum

Bonsai!! NC Arboretum

I think the Iris is quickly moving up on my list of favorite flowers.

 Think this is a wake robin flower, with a love bug.

Big Bees and  . . . (soon to be identified wild flowers)

The pink lady slipper.

A painted trillium.

Linville Gorge

Linville Falls, top on my list for magical places in NC. 

Luna contemplates the geology of the gorge.