Stone Circle flower gleam and glow

AW, also tagging @Lemmikki and @Fjola if you want to come hang with dad :D

The world was beautiful, even if he often looked at it through sleep deprived eyes. Merry wouldn't have traded his daughters for all the sleep in the world. They were parts of what made the world beautiful, they and Inkeri together.

He hummed through the aspens today, jaws tight with branches bearing late summer berries -- a treat on a particularly balmy day, and perhaps a lesson, too, if his daughters would have it.

When he neared @Inkeri's den, he almost shoved his fluffy face right in to give her and their daughters many kisses on their cheeks. But somehow he found the will to restrain himself. He plopped the berries down, and then followed suit, stretching out in one of the soft shadows around the den. He'd wait till they woke up and poked their faces out to meet him.