A hike to remember

Little Moon was feeling a bit sad because she couldn't meet Mr.D during the visit. But he had some urgent matters to attend to, he had to go out of town for a few days. SO the planned hike was a good distraction for her.

After the though two days in office, Kevin arranged for us to go on a trip, actually a hike. For the hike, we were joined by Kevin and Adam's team for our safety. I was happy to see her enthusiasm for going on the hike. We would be lucky if it didn't rain.

We started the trip the next day. We arrived at the hiking grounds in about two hours. A quiet place with a hiking path along with beautiful scenery. The walking path was created around a waterfall.

"This looks like it's out of a book," said Little Moon.

"Hmm yes,. It's nice to breathe fresh air and listens to the sound of the flowing water" I said as I held her close to me.

Little Moon was the one who showed me all the beautiful flowers and little creatures running around to take photos. I was impressed by her eye for finding beautiful things.

"Your next exhibition will be of these photos," she said while going through the photos I have taken.

"Which one do you like best?" I asked her.

"hmmm.. I love this one," she showed a photo of a flower bud almost about to bloom.

"May I know why you like this?"

"This reminds me about starting a new life." She said looking afar.

"Do you want to start a new life, Little Moon?"

"I am happy with the way it is. Changes will come and go. Just like you came into my life at a time I thought no one will."

I looked at her for a while and thought I was the one who was more blessed to have her. I snapped a photo of her at that moment. Her face was hidden among the flowers making her look like a flower fairy with painted flowers. The more I looked at her, the more I started to see various emotions in her eyes with the scenery as the seasons change with time.

"Sir, we'll ready a picnic lunch a little further. You two come slowly" said Kevin leaving us alone to come up slowly to the picnic site.

As we walked further, the views became more beautiful, the colors looked very vibrant and looked like a painting at the first glance. The place was filled with flowers and butterflies flying around. Little Moon would point me into rare butterflies to be captured as she wanted the photos to become color pallets. So she can use these colors with her future projects.

"Why do you want these to be your color pallets?" I asked as I knew you can create colors as you paint.

"Because you can blend with nature. Humans are naturally attached to colors they see in nature. So this helps me to build unique color pallets with these." Showing me the photos of butterflies and flowers I took.

"Oh... That means you are still working instead of having a vacation is it?" I teased her by tapping on her nose lovingly.

"Both, I am enjoying the hike while finding inspiration with you," she said with a smile.

When we went up, I could see Kevin and Adam have arranged the picnic and the tents nearby. We were planning to stay outdoors tonight with the cabin next to us. The young couple who own the hiking ground was a friend of Kevin's, so they had arranged a special feast for us.

After the picnic lunch, I saw that LIttle Moon was a bit worn out. So I talked with the owners and let her get a bit of sleep in the tent prepared for us. While the other scouted around, I stayed with her, keeping her close to me. I looked at her to see a pinkish color on her face as if the hike has done her good even though she has slightly weak strength to do such long hikes. Without knowing I also have dozed off for about an hour still having her by my side.

In the evening, we guys got together and went on looking for firewood for our camping bonfire. While Little Moon and the owner's wife prepared our dinner and some snacks for the nighttime sing-along and storytelling. As we returned, the smell of the food they cooked was spreading around the campsite.

After we had our campfire started, we all had dinner together. The owners were interested to know about the work we do, and we told them about Little Moon's work a lot. While I showed them the photos I took today.

"WOW!! you are really talented Mr.George," they said when they got to the photo of Little Moon's face buried among the flowers.

"It was all in timing," I said with a smile.

"Why have you taken a lot of butterfly photos?"

"That was a request by my missus here," I said hugging her and making her blush.

They looked at her waiting for an explanation.

"Well, for the designs I do I have to make color pallets. And I believe if we use colors close to nature will capture a human's vision and heart better. So these photos will help me to make some unique color pallets for my work." she explained.

"Seems like you are more dedicated to your work," they said to her.

"I agree with what you said. she can completely ignore my presence when she is doing some design. Not even a little kiss would turn her around except our Kitty the Fuzzballl aka Double Trouble." I said to everyone making all laugh.

"What does the kitten do?"

"He simply wakes on her graphic tablet or sleeps on it. I have no chance against the kitten." I said while she hit me on my shoulder.

"So the Kitten wins brownie points" We all laughed.

After a few rounds of sing-along and campfire stories, we all headed for our sleep. But I wanted to watch the stars with her, so we stayed outside for a few more hours enjoying the silence and the night sky before heading to the tent.