Tag: Birds
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A Few Surprises From The Week

Went to the park hoping to see an eagle and was surprised this little fella was the only one hanging out. I almost forgot what sunshine looked like and was surprised when it reappeared after a month. It happens every time, but I’m always surprised it feels twenty degrees colder walking along the lake. It’s…
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Dreaming of Spring

There are 45 days and 22 hours until spring and on Groundhog Day Punxsutawney Phil proclaimed six more weeks of winter when he saw his shadow, but I’m still dreaming of an early spring.
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Nature’s Playlist

Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh Andy? Yeah Mick? Okay Alright fellas, let’s go! The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – George Michael and Elton John Fox On The Run – The Sweet Take Me To The River – Talking Heads Who Are You? – The Who
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Birds and Snowflakes

One could almost forget the cold on this gray January day watching the snowflakes falling while visiting these beautiful birds that are being cared for at a Nature Center due to injuries leaving them unable to be returned to the wild. The birds seemed curious about their visitors, but made it quite clear they were…
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The Sky Is Crying

The sky is crying after being unable to see all the adorable chickadees flying around during the last four days of fog. As is the case when you see someone else cry, the eastern red cedar automatically began crying with they sky. The berry was holding it together and then the tears began to fall when…
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Hung Up To Dry

I’ll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky W. H. Auden – As I Walked Out One Evening
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A Bird, Berries, and Branches

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches. Kahlil Gibran
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A Bird and A Bench

Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty. Anne Lamott

