Meadow, forest, mountain and sky, each merging effortlessly, one in to the other.
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This whole ecology is redolent with flowers in this the high spring of the Dehesa.
The great rolling forests of the mountain have their flowering at this time, as well as the familiar meadows.
Each tree is garlanded with untold numbers of tiny white flowers, and the air is thick with the sense of them.
Higher up still, the sparse thorns of the mountain join in the joyful floral celebration.
Everywhere resounds to the ecstatic poetry of reproduction and the continuance of life here in Saladaviciosa.
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Photo: The long view back to the high Sierra. Courtesy of the author.