Birds of Prey

August 8, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Bald Eagle having a dip (For Bird Weekly challenge: birds of prey. Featured image is a Red-Tailed hawk escaping my lens.)

Be My Guest

August 1, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Featured image: Chickadee. For Bird Weekly challenge: at the feeder.)

Who’s Making That Noise?

July 18, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Red-bellied Woodpecker caught my attention with his noisy chatter. Love that bright mane! The Downy Woodpecker makes a noise like a squeaky toy. This one seems to have found a tasty tree. (For Bird Weekly Photo Challenge: Woodpeckers/ Sapsuckers/ Flickers)

Feathers of Blue

July 11, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I know I’ve shown the Indigo Bunting just recently, but it is a fave and fits this category. Another favourite: The Belted Kingfisher For Our Eyes Open, Bird Weekly challenge: Feathers of blue

Duck, Duck, Goose

July 4, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Thanks to Our Eyes Open for hosting the Bird Weekly challenge and indulging my obsession. This week’s prompt is ducks and geese. The featured mallard found himself ditched.

Wade My Way

June 27, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Excited to discover that Our Eyes Open has a weekly bird challenge. Here’s my entry for week #3: waders. Featured image is the Great Blue Heron.

Boom, Boom, Bye, Bye

March 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m focusing my lens when we both hear it – duck and I – a boom, like from a cannon. Rattled, Mallard prepares for take off, while I try to shake off the nerves and get the shot. The boom comes again. A hunter in our midst. This duck escapes unmarred, as I do I. […]

Flight Day

July 20, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

While fishing with our granddaughter down by the falls, we are joined by an osprey, also looking for a catch. None of us has any luck, and the osprey moves on. We decide to follow him back to the nest. Mom and babies are in residence when we arrive, and after a bit of observation […]

New Baseball Fans

July 10, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Baseball is big in our town. Home to the Baseball Hall of Fame, we have several diamonds, attracting ball fans from far and wide. This year, we have a family of new fans with a view of their own. When we first spotted the nest, there appeared to be one young osprey peeking over the […]

Drama in the Woods

June 22, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

A high-pitched chirp caught my attention the moment we entered the park. We’d come to Stratford for a meal out and decided to check up on the swans. Ric found a bench by the river, while I wandered in search of the source of the incessant note. It seemed to be coming from a clump […]

Imagine

If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]

Dear Child

I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]

Re-de-fine-d

Ask me how I’m doingand I’ll say “fine”, notbecause I’m actually fine,but because “fine” is the onlysocially acceptable response. If I said that I have been lyinghere, for three hours now,willing my body to move,that would elicit unsolicitedadvice and tarnish my “fine”. I’d berate myself for breakingmy promise not to moan,knowing that complainingprovokes a compulsive […]