"The Light Beyond the Pines" Watercolor Reflections Series – Bonus Scene*

With the morning sun warming the distant peaks, he walks into the hush of a valley slowly waking from winter’s grasp. The snow still clings to the earth, but golden light spills over the ridgelines, hinting at change. His rifle rests at his side, but his pace is not one of pursuit—it is one of return. Every step down this path is a memory stirred, a story revisited. He does not rush, for he knows that the journey itself is the destination. And as the trail bends toward home, the land—frozen and eternal—walks with him in silence and in song.