Be kind. To yourself, to everyone around you, to every living thing. Just be kind.
Hello friends! Today (Monday) has totally gotten away from me. A beautiful, cold morning with lots of Franklin’s gulls, a much too long and intense workday, and then this evening I reached for something and I may have hurt my shoulder. Praying it’s ok because this week is going to be a series of cold fronts and great migration possibilities and as the Aerosmith song says, “I don’t want to miss a thing.”
So, here I am reaching for beauty to calm and heal myself as much as anyone else. Since this is looking like “gull week”, I am featuring my Franklin’s gulls friends today. Here are some moments for today:
Sunrise, October 14, 2024
The three philosophers of the Franklin’s gulls clan.
See that shadow moving towards the gulls right of center? I saw the shadow go over my head and the gulls take off at the same time.
The Cooper’s hawk achieved his objective, if his objectives was to clear the shore of all gulls.
Luckily for me, they came back.
I love the red lipstick so much.
I think someone was lying down in the wet sand.
In-flight preening, because you don’t always have time to stop.
I’m still surprised every time that they don’t run into each other.
I wish I could glide in for a landing like they do.
Nothing like a warm welcome.
Incoming, three at a time.
Meanwhile, back in the trees red-bellied woodpecker was having a lot of conversations.
Everytime I turned around he was chattering with someone, like this robin.
Or this flicker. Maybe he’s building a winter stash up there somewhere.
Ok, time to find some stillness.
My you find that place where the troubles fall away and all is still.
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Good morning, Karen. You’ve gifted us another fine collection of bird images! Recently I read (Nat Geo or Popular Science) that scientists now suspect our thoughts travel the lengths of the Universe! Quantum physics has demonstrated that energy produces simultaneous actions much faster than the speed of light. Simultaneously!
I’m of that mind and visualize the minds of others, with help from the Universe, bringing healing to your shoulder faster than light. All the very best to you Karen. Today and always.
Good morning, Karen. You’ve gifted us another fine collection of bird images! Recently I read (Nat Geo or Popular Science) that scientists now suspect our thoughts travel the lengths of the Universe! Quantum physics has demonstrated that energy produces simultaneous actions much faster than the speed of light. Simultaneously!
I’m of that mind and visualize the minds of others, with help from the Universe, bringing healing to your shoulder faster than light. All the very best to you Karen. Today and always.
The Three Philosophers and the Red Lipstick...thank you for these drops of beauty.