Herons

You arrived in March.
6 or 8 of you?
Settled in the trees around the pond,
Around Lilium's spot.
So much busy-ness.
So many flights, this way, that way, swooping, soaring.
Gathering branches, building nests, feeding in the Fraser and Sussex.
The chicks arrived.
It was wonderful see them growing, getting bigger, testing their wings.
So noisy at feeding time, you could hear them far off.
So much life. So much hope.
Fast forward to July, and you're all gone.
It's as quite as before.
No sign you were there except the empty nests
and the shrubs painted white with your droppings.
May you thrive.

Forest Bird Song

Pair of nestling crows
Siblings?
Sleeping peacefully under the oak
Streaks of blue, silver underwing
May your spirits soar

Who mourns the creatures that die quietly alone on the forest floor?

That time herding ducks. May you thrive.

So many little streams.
Carving canyons through me.

The weather within me,
And the weather without.
It's all weather.

Practice presence.
Make presence an intention.
What part of you brings you back?

All journeys end.
Use that as your canvas.

Caballo getting it done at Bristow.

Gratitude and Sorrow

The Last Night on Darillium ~ The Husbands of River Song ~ Doctor Who

Heartbeats ~ José González

Little wonders to remember: northern flicker, sparrow, slugs, rats, squirrel, field mouse, herons and their chicks, duck and her ducklings, hummingbird nesting, fledgling crow in the X. And of course owls ... how could I forget the owls?

Run For Water 50K

I DNFd but it was such a beautiful day on Sumas Mountain. Gratitude and Sorrow found me resting on a rock on the last climb.

Scars, in the shadows
Move unbidden into the light of awareness
Manifest in thought, feeling, word, act
And return to the shadows.

"Awareness becomes consciousness when it has an object. The object changes all the time. In conciousness, there is movement; awareness by itself is motionless and timeless, here and now."
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Little mouse. I hope you made it. I hope you thrive.