A healing walk (photo-intense)

Sorry to be absent here; I've been immersed in a rough few days around Boulderneigh. But I have great faith that we will come out stronger on the other end of our "trial by fire." And so we walk together through it....

On Saturday afternoon when Brian was at a friend's, Rick and I took a walk together. Actually, Brian was at a friend's because he did NOT want to go to a memorial service for a church member's mother, and his friend's parents were kind enough to let him come over while we went. Rick and I were well on our way to Portland when our neighbor called to say that there was a lot of commotion in our barn and a horse was out. So we turned around and headed home. The horse – my horse – was fine despite his escapades, and Rick and I were blessed with some much needed time alone to walk and talk.

I was hoping to see some of my favorite wildflowers, and I did.

Plus a lot of others!

Poison oak; walkers beware!

We listened to a babbling brook,

stopping to rest further upstream. I didn't find the ground as comfortable as Rick did, so I occupied myself by taking more photos.

Now you see him....

Now you don't!

If you're still with me, there's more to come.