Thursday, June 29, 2006

Sometimes She just takes your breath away. . . .



http://photos.jibble.org/Herons/Heron_in_Flight_img_3505



Been blue all morning. After the last post, falling into something like despair.

And then. As if by magic.

I went to the window to see if the water was clear enough for me to gather, and on the bridge, framed by my window, and reframed by the trees was a Great Blue Heron! I stood literally transfixed for five minutes watching it. Finally, I shifted a little, and it flew, in all its glory, away.
Not quite as good as sharing morning coffee, but under the circumstances, how could I take it as anything but a very personal, and huge, blessing?

4 comments:

jc said...

Beautiful!
♥ ♥ ♥

puddle said...

Yes. That's really what it felt like. ♥s

Anonymous said...

Cracks in the ground here, just the right size for a cat. Soybean plants growing in deep dust. Our primordial great Blues have flown off to new homes in new wetlands. Greed seems to be a major cause of evolution. The balance is capricious.
Puddle, thanks or the Brautigan stuff. timeless.... The seldom-visited outhouse on our famplace sports this sign:
Im a monument now to a good ass gone under. There's no mystery here. That's why the door's open

Have a great flood and a better recovery.----steve in ne

Anonymous said...

Hi puddle!

Just showing you some love and hope that the waters don't trouble you for too much longer :)