Violet-green Swallows

I spent days looking for Violet-green Swallows in Wyoming. And then at last, as I was leaving Ucross to continue my journey westward, I found them. I felt like I was dancing with them as I watched them swoop and soar across the canyons of the Bighorn Mountains. It was as though they were serenading me on my way, and my heart melted as I watched them twinkling at me like shimmering, violet-green day-stars.

c. Christina Baal 2017