The outward signs of life are shutting down, retreating into the deep earth where they will wait for the onset of autumnal rain.
This is not the case for the watery margins, here the promise of Spring is still alive, rich, and vital.
From all over the ecology, animal trails wind through wood and meadow to these life sustaining oases.
For the remainder of the long dry, there will be daily pilgrimages to these pools and streams.
Here the animals bow and pay homage to the life blood of all.
It is no surprise to find the upright stones of ancient men here too, these ever were the holy places for our Sapient kind.
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Photo: Wild carrot by the lake at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.