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Sights, Sounds and Scents  

By Mae Klette, Sunburst, MT

 

February 2008 Issue

 

     The sight of pine trees to shelter me from the hot sun, the sound of the wind murmuring thru pine needles and the scent of pine resin warming in the late spring sunshine. The sunshine warm on my back as I ride my Arab/Quarter-Horse gelding along the high meadow trails. The sound of creaking saddle leather and my Paint horse muttering his way along. A hawk floating on the thermals, doing wingovers and dives. A deer watching from the edge of a nearby stream and a fox pup peeking around a tree for his first look at a horse and rider. A campfire crackling in the fire pit and the scent of the evening meal cooking on the camp stove. Stars sparkling in the sky, pine scent carried on the breeze along with the reassuring sound of the lead mare’s bell as she calmly grazes with her string of horses and mules.

     I will always wish I could go back to those days, the best time of my life. Unfortunately that can’t be, but I’m happy I have these memories I can relive in my mind.

 

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