Denver Audubon Center. May 9, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
heron
Birthday bird
While many are celebrating another holiday today, I am celebrating my birthday.
The first awesome gift was waking to snow! (We got a whole 1.5 inches on our deck rail yesterday evening! It was the first snow of the season and we’re all hoping there’s LOTS more where that came from so that we avert drought.) The next gift came when I drew Heron from my oracle card deck.
Grey Heron photo by Michel Mayerle from FreeImages
The question I posed before pulling a card: “What do I need to know about my birthday and the coming year?”
Heron’s message: “Let go of convention and follow your own unique path.”
That reminder resonates and I’m going to try my very best to stay true to my authentic self as I embrace the coming year.
Friday Haiku
Overexposure
photographer’s fault not bird’s
hey, no need to jump
Procrastinating for another day
So it’s 4:50 p.m. on a Monday and all day I’ve felt a bit like the adult heron in this photo with the four juvenile herons clamoring for attention and sustenance. Except, it wasn’t my offspring needing me today, but my To Do list.
The good news is my To Do list isn’t a living creature and no one died due to neglect or starvation. The bad news is that certain items were completely ignored while others received only crumbs which means the list lives on to harangue me tomorrow.
Come to think of it, that’s two pieces of bad news. I’d be feeling a whole lot better right now if my To Do list had gone to its glory.
A Moorhen, a Turtle, and a Heron walk into a marsh
The moorhen and turtle maintained a peaceful coexistence, but the heron’s jabbing movement caused the turtle to retract its head. Once the heron backed off, the turtle came out of its shell and all was well at Kapok Park.
Tracy Abell 