"This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine..."

sang a lovely little girl named Elaina as she and her family shared the fire Zeus and I built out on Picnic Point. What a gift her song was!

Beautiful sunny weather here in Madison, Wisconsin. We must have greeted — and were greeted by — more than 60 people out for Christmas Day hikes as we tended the fire all afternoon. Here's a short video as the fire ebbed and the sun went down:

 

 Zeus made many new friends.



 "...let it shine, let it shine, let it shine."