The Woods

These are my woods.

Of course they are everyone's woods but I feel affection for a pine tree forest. 

That is what my childhood consisted of..."the woods"

And my grandfathers lake.

You are reading the ingredients of what makes a small child , new to the area, no friends and a young mother overwhelmed with Everything...discovering a life  with the woods.

No more beach, no more doting grandparents..but a sense of curiosity and willing to explore those deep woods..

And now , here I am...here we are if you count the cats but they only get to look at those woods, they do not go into them.

It is a forest that is on State land

I was told this when I moved in and I have been so happy with the forest outside full of forest creatures.
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Personally...as in up close and personal, I have seen a large pretty Green Snake..he and I had to fight over who stayed and who had to go. 
He left ..finally.,,then I felt bad for closing the door on him...
There have been wolfish/coyote kind of large creatures lurking around ..every kind of bird and all sizes.Some the size that the cats had to be inside the house.

This morning I heard a familiar noise but out of place..why would I hear a tractor?
There was a Bulldozer!!
I was horrified.
My Woods!!
What I think they did was clear the vines , ivy, dead branches etc and make things a little less of a fire hazard
And there is now a road where park rangers /firemen could use if the need ever came up.

But My woods are still there.....

'The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, 
And I have promises to keep 
And I have promises to keep....'