Summertime beauty

Do you remember this guy?

I captured so many photos of him moving around the area over the course of a week that I made a video of them. You can watch it here or at Youtube.

It was an amazing opportunity to see a mountain lion moving around the area where he/she had made a kill. I haven't found the carcass yet but I suspect that I'll find it before too long because it can't be far from where my camera was.

Meanwhile, my K is seeming a bit better each day. She and I have had short early morning adventures, and her energy seems to be rebounding toward normal with occasional setbacks. She has an ultrasound coming up soon to look at her kidneys and see if they are returning to normal.

Although I'm happy to see K getting better, I deeply miss visiting the aspen groves filled with Columbines with her. Those groves are too far away for K to run to them yet. We've visited them together every year of her life. The peacefulness of this aspen grove matches K's sweet and loving soul.

Each day that K has missed visiting the Columbines with me, I take a photo for her. It feels symbolic, like I'm sharing it with her even though she's not there. Today, the wild strawberries had burst onto the scene among the Columbines. I sat and ate sweet berries while I soaked up the beauty. Tomorrow, I plan to bring a wild strawberry (or two) home for K.

Our world is vibrating with life right now. We're getting daily rain showers, and flowers adorn almost every iota of the forest floor. A veritable forest of Twinflowers covered a riparian corridor within a pine forest this morning. These petite flowers stand only a few inches tall with tiny blossoms nodding from their stalks.

I hope with all my heart that K recovers soon enough to visit the amazing groves of wildflowers with me before their blooming season is over!

I hope that you're all enjoying the summertime beauty!