For the Birds

It's day two of the annual Backyard Bird Count. It is such a wonderful opportunity for taking a few minutes and relaxing with the beauty that surrounds.

Here at Wren House we have a bird's eye view of wonder most every day. These Great White Egrets being snapped yesterday back in the cove on Lake Smith.

It's cold here in Virginia after a few days of balmy and when the temp drops the cove becomes a haven for Cormorants, Hooded Mergansers, Egrets and Heron.

This week there has been the thrill of an added bonus ...for the past three nights a Bald Eagle has been roosting on a dead but sturdy Loblolly pine limb that hangs high over the water .

Here's a link for the Bald Eagle nest at the Norfolk Botanical Garden 5 miles from my home

Moon Dream

It's the Full Phase of the Death and Rebirth moon cycle and I am recalling a favorite poetic touchstone that goes like this "Can you imagine what it means to have no cares, no worries, no anxieties, but merely to be perfectly calm and perfectly quiet all the time? This is what time is for; to learn just this and nothing more, perfect calm, perfect quiet all the time."

I know that this is far beyond the seeming possibility of living on the earth plane and perhaps it does harken up images of being on the other side or in another realm yet I just so enjoy entertaining the idea and I so appreciate when the very thought filters up to the surface of a very busy day...like today.
Ahhhhhhhhh. "Can you imagine what it means to have no cares, no worries, no anxieties? What a concept, huh?