If I were to step outside during an early evening of a waning summer, I would be surrounded by sound. The source is largely derived from small beings.
Clumps of crescent-shaped seed pods embellished a dried plant that stood a few feet tall. The plant lined an open trail and called for a closer examination.
The ice over the pond was thinning, betraying the dark water beneath its increasingly transparent surface. A trio of beavers was there.