I head out early. Hazy rays of sunlight shimmer, just clearing the trees and catching the fields of tall grasses along Chagrin River Road, making it luminous.
There is a layer of fog in the distance where I know the river is. It is beautifully quiet. I hear birdsong – my tires and the hum of my gears – and nothing else.
Magical in every sense of the word, I am spellbound, not quite believing my good fortune. I promise myself I will get out early tomorrow too – and I do.
To my right as I take a curve is a deer. In the middle of the field of tall grass. A single solitary deer looking at me, me looking at her. All I see is the deer’s eyes and pointy ears, everything else is immersed in the grass which is nearly as tall.
The sun’s rays illuminate the tips of the grass and the deer. It is an amazing sight. A moment so perfect I only capture it in my mind’s eye. I wasn’t about to disturb the moment or the deer by stopping and taking a picture. That’s saying something for the woman with 33,595 photos on her iPhone presently.
Some bike rides are like that, actually many have beautiful moments, but today’s was extraordinary.
I’ll be out there early again tomorrow hoping to catch that sparkling light again and maybe another solitary soul in a field of grass.
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