Made me think of my experiences backpacking in Alaska. No trees in the tundra means no privacy at all….

Leave it to you, Sue, to comment about “doing your business” in the winter woods.

I, personally, have not experienced this. Summer woods, well, yes. Winter woods, no.

My dogs, though, I can tell you from experience, do have a hard time finding a spot to “do their business” in the winter woods, especially after a snow fall. All their smells are gone!

Interesting to hear what you have to say about how this developed. I love haiku moments right before sleep:)

I was so drawn to the idea that the word “visibility”, with it’s five syllables, should stand alone in one line. Once I’d established that, though, I couldn’t figure out how to end it.

I kept trying to put the word “nest” into it, but there were too many different kinds of nests . . . bird, hornet, squirrel.

And I wanted to use the word “hole” but that didn’t work.

And then I realized they were all “homes”, plus, I could also see the backs of human homes that in the summer are hidden by leaves.

It was one of those realizations that I came to in those precious moments just before falling asleep.