Arabia Mountain, year's end

 We went to Arabia Mountain on a glorious day. It was 61 degrees, and we’d spent a couple of weeks by the fireplace. Such days can arrive mid-winter in the Georgia Piedmont. 

It’s been wet, and every spring was flowing. The massive rock surfaces at the edge of the woods were shining. The sunlight comes in low in winter, and the low rays reflecting off wet granite are sparks.

The leaves in the oak-hickory forest are gone, of course. The green you see is mostly from pines and greenbriers. Stevenson’s Creek had little rapids in it. The German shepherd plunged in and nipped the whitecaps.

It was a lovely, quiet day in the woods. It seems like a good way to end the year.