I awake in a beautiful four poster bed that is draped with white sheets pulled to the finely detailed carved bedposts so that I have full view of the warm comfortable room. The fire in the bedrooms fireplace is still glowing small flames as the newly morning winter sun is making itself known across the floor. My feet fall upon a beautiful woven wool rug woven with dark rich colors. The room is furnished with beautiful paintings framed in gold of English countrysides, fox hunts, and loved ones. I smell fresh biscuits and brewed coffee wafting from the kitchen downstairs. I walk to the french doors and open them to allow the cool morning breeze to caress me. The white sheer curtains on the doors billow out toward the room. I let in the fragrance of magnolias and honeysuckle as the golden rays of the sun kisses me good morning. Feeling blessed by my creator, I swiftly go down the beautiful winding staircase to greet my loved ones for the beginning of a new day.
The trees are thick and tall. The foliage is bright and dark. The ferns brush my legs as I walk on the moist green moss and dirt. The sun rays are shining from above in soft wide ribbons throughout the magical looking forest. I can hear a brook babbling over rocks and sometimes the song of a bird will awake the quiet of the forest.
The path is barely visible as it follows the forest. It is easily navigated because I know this forest. I know the visible markers that help guide me... trees, rocks, curves and bends of the brook...I would not want the forest paths to be made overtly visible. I would want the forest to always look untouched by human presence.
The water is natural. The water is clear and cool. The water runs over small and large rocks and pools in a clear deep pool as it cascades from a waterfall.
The vessel is made of tanned leather with a leather strap attached to it. There is still moisture from the water on it.
The key is a skeleton key made of silver. Rather large key that looks like it would unlock a large thick wooden door to a castle that belonged to earlier ancestors full of family treasures and heirlooms waiting for me to move in to keep it alive.