Alpenglow.......

"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight... it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them , out of memory, and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." Tolkien

The best view of Alpenglow I have ever seen was reflected upon the face of my partner as we climbed above the clouds on to a ridgeline high in the Rockies...

The glow of the rising or setting sun upon the mountains warms even the coldest time of year... My skill is limited in trying to capture a sense of Alpenglow on the small Summit Stones I've painted, but each one seems to be getting closer and closer...

DSD

"Magnificent The Morning Was....."

"Magnificent the morning was, a memorable one, more glorious than I'd ever beheld. The seas were laughing in the distance. All the solid mountains were bright as clouds, tinted, drenched in imperial light. While in the meadow and the lower ground lay all the sweetness of a common dawn." Woodsworth

Just reflecting upon the many mornings on our adventures this past year.......

DSD

"And I Knew......."

"I needed something to pare the fat off my soul... to make me grateful again, for being alive. And I knew, deep and safe, beyond mere intellect, that there is nothing like a wilderness journey for rekindling the fires of life." C. Fletcher

How very true....... DSD

"If I Can....."

I have often mused that... If I can enjoy such adventures... Then anyone can...

And if anyone can... Then just maybe I can even enjoy other adventures.....

It is a wonder that I've even tried so many adventure experiences, let alone kept going all these years... But from the seeds of such ideas has grown over thirty years of fun and adventure out in our wildlands.....

DSD

"Runes and Rocks....."

"Magic becomes a kind of habit after we do the difficult, the near impossible, over and over and over again; a habit that operates down in the oldest and deepest levels of the brain and the mind. Where pain and fear can be alchemized into blissful, sublime confidence, and stumblebums wake up to find themselves dancing on the business end of pins..." R. Schultheis

Stones often show upon them and hold within them the hidden, cryptic symbols of Runes...

These are marks of mysteriousness and magic that take a keen eye to see and then decipher their hidden meanings...

DSD