The Forest Is Never The Same Twice

The forest in Painted Post at night in mid-March.

Seen many pictures of the moon of late--particularly the blood moon that occurred later the night the picture below was taken.

   Not long ago, Blaze took a cold track. Eventually, he lost that trail. Then, there was the wrongful, knee-jerk temptation to compare him to his father. Seth would've likely worked that same ringtail's track to its end or never taken it on in the first place. The value of experience Blaze simply doesn't possess just yet.

    In terms of appearance, certain mannerisms, and brute strength, Blaze is the closest thing to a "carbon copy" anyone could expect of father and son. Akin to people, though, no two hounds are exactly alike. And that is a good-full thing.

    Nor was this place in the forest moonlit--passed by thousands of times--akin to even the night before. 

    A magic appreciated. A wondered unfamiliar.

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