This morning I rolled out of bed and went about my usual routine;
step into slippers,
turn on computer,
feed cat,
[take thyroid medicine, use the toilet etc,]
open Chrome,
check bay12forums for a new Dwarf Fortress version,
check Wikipedia news for Earth-shattering events,
read/play something while eating breakfast...
But today there was a break from the usual.
Today I danced with joy across the room to open my curtains, then sat at my computer chair staring past my monitor out the window...
***
The noon-day-Sun shines a lovely 60F / 16C on the temperate forests, and orderly fields of the Rhineland.
A nice breeze caresses the 200 meter hills and valleys occasionally, bringing the smell of fresh air.
The streams flow merrily along; content from the gentle rains that are common here.
In the pastures, the horses, cows and sheep munch happily, the mice roam carefully.
In the woods & thickets, the deer lay hidden, the
boars ghost, the
pine martens bound, and the foxes sniff.
In the trees
jays screech,
pigeons flutter, the
blackbirds fuss,
starlings work, the peckers tap, the crows caw, and the
tits carouse.
On the border between field and forest, a
10 pound grey streak stalks slowly towards a
grazing hare of the same size, but as the
moving blur gets within 2 meters,
the rabbit senses or hears
something with its tall ears, and makes a leisurely dash 10 meters away to
stop and listen.
The
wildcat disappears back into the forest undergrowth- the overpopulation of voles make an easier meal anyway.
A watchful eye is kept on everything by the many
birds of prey that glide and perch in the sunshine.
***
Fruit harvesting has come.
All is right with the world.Minor exception in rightness with the world due to overabundance of humans, and save-game incompatibility... but you can't have it all now can you. 
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Topic: Dwarf Fortress 0.40.14 Released (Read 37145 times)