Forest again after many weeks

Well, as few blog posts of late here goes: First morning cycle through forest for many weeks. Residues of melted snow that last night had formed muddy
accretions have now more or less dried out leaving imprints of bike tyres. A concert of woodpeckers, song birds and ducks replaced the drone of traffic I had ploughed through heretofore.
The woodpeckers remained heard and not seen, as is their prerogative, in 2 of their usual haunts. In that sense all was right with the world and spring was returning to this
4,000,000,000 year old area. Unbelievable ages had wheeled and passed....