Pixie Lead- Following Meg's Lead

The lovely Meg asked in her blog whether or not anyone besides herself had been 'Pixie Lead". After reading her post ( click the title to read) I decided to recount my own experience. While I have had many, the most recent was today. With summer semester and other things I haven't been able to go riding. However, despite having a final tomorrow, I have been having a rough time as of late. Depression is constantly hovering over me. I decided I would drop everything and take my youngest horse out for a ride. Something that is almost impossible to not enjoy. My riding started off simple enough. A trot and a canter through familiar woods. And then a butterfly crossed our path. At first, it seemed to have no general path but as we continued the butterfly would fly off in a direction and then back to Beau and I. I could not help myself. I turned Beau to follow the butterfly off a slightly over grown path. Of course, not wanting to travel off into an unknown world with my finals tomorrow I kept my eye on our original trail. The butterfly led flitted ahead of us until it came to land upon a tree. It was a magnificent sight, this tree. Mushrooms a mixture of purple,pink and orange crept up its trunk along side bright green moss. Should I have ever looked for a tree in which the fae may live, this would have been it. When I looked around for the butterfly, it was gone, and the light was fading. I heard my mother calling for me and we headed home at a pleasant canter. I think I shall one day take a picture of my mystical tree. How I wish I could have a picture of our strange tour guide as well. How wonderful it is to realize no matter how old I become or how clutter my life becomes I can still go on adventures, even if they are small ones.