December 23 - Bedecked


The little live Christmas tree



adorned,


folks gathered about,


and


off,


on


the


48th


day


of


autumnal


temps,


high


plummeting


down


11


to 51 (50 in Winters -- .49 additional rainfall, for a total of 9.86 since July 1),


for the 21st Inner Coast Range North Walk,


now strolling on Yolo County Road 87


from the


intersection of


26,


eventually


past


soggy


Silent


Spread


(a


journey


twice


interrupted


by having to move the on-the-road-parked car --


the only option on this day of muddy shoulders --


allowing for infrequent,


occasional traffic)


to Dog Bark


Ranch,


returning


via


26,


86A,


and


505,


back to


Solano,


to print out the year's Christmas cards and compose 24 Tone Preludes: III.Plane Winds, page 4 ...