Ground hog Day

Burned out, I decided to go to the Woods at 3 and reconnect with the trees and land. I entered via the new North Central gate and followed the deer trail down the ravine to the lower forest. We had recently had 0.25 inch rain. The water in the Wash at the post was 8 inches and the depth in the NW Pond was 0.45 feet. I found a moderately large old bur oak near a larger diameter pecan with a broken top where a raccoon lives and I stretched out on the ground for a good leafy nap. Three white-tailed deer waved their white tail flags at me as they ran north of the Ravine Trail. I took the saw and began clearing a way straight across the top in the center of the Ravine/ North Rim Trail. The one fragrant honeysuckle bush on the south slope was blooming. I caught a small black and red ichneumon landing on my cheek. I thought about I.D. and label for each significant tree along all the trails with a species 2 letter code written on soft soda pop can aluminum inch by inch square stapled to the tree.