Straight No Chaser
10-19-2016, 02:54 PM
It was before dawn when Evangeline woke to leave her temporary den and venture into the chilly autumn air. Stretching her tall, graceful form, she slipped on her half-filled pack. A careful shake settled it comfortably on her back, and she tugged at the straps to tighten them so it wouldn't slide when she moved. Another experimental shake showed the pack adjusted to her satisfaction. There was nothing in the pack that could be damaged by a bit of jouncing around (just some marjoram and peppermint she'd harvested along the way) so she set out at a brisk trot to wake up. Sunrise found her passing into the redbud nook, the destination she'd had in mind from the start. She hoped to gather juniper berries to bring back with her to the knolls - the bitter cones were useful for a good many things, including a contraceptive. Not that she'd had any sort of opportunity to make use of that particular knowledge, she thought sourly to herself. She paused her search to absently snip a few sprigs of bee balm and tuck them into her pack. The onset of autumn meant that these herbs would soon disappear, so she might as well collect anything useful she saw even if it wasn't what she'd come here for. |
