Birds of one feather
I’ve got to post these before I clean up my desktop! One of the many things I’ve left undone!
OK this picture is of some crazy flower that decided to become parrot-like. Intelligent design or evolution? What would be the point of evolution creating a flower that is just beautiful? The structure of the flower, when compared to the functionality of other flowers means that either a bird, bug or a bee is attracted to that bird and likes to get nectar from it’s nether regions. Hmm…too bizarre to me! I like to think that in a moment of cosmic love and whimsy a loving God created this.
And sticking with the bird theme, the other day I found a creek in a park area in Redmond. It lies in a steep ravine, consequently, nobody goes down there. The only folks that went there probably 15 years ago were the people laying out plastic pipes for roadway drainage. :*( Well lo and behold I went down to check things out. I grew up in the woods here so this was nice to get back to my roots. The trees overhead made a nice cathedral of green and I climbed over crag and fallen tree. Soon I discovered an oasis. I just breathed it in. There was this sense of time just stopping as the sun spread out in sunbeams and small, gentle flying winged insects circled and danced in the light over this small stream.
I wanted to stay there, but had to return home. As I was climbing to get back home over a wall of fallen trees, I remember being so grateful. Just as I sent out that thanks, I instantly spied this most unusual feather on the forest floor:
To an Indian this is a sign of good luck, or perhaps a message. Each bird represents a different thing in native lore. Of course I had no idea what sort of bird this feather would come from. So, I spent a good hour on the internet and found out that it was a Northern Flicker!
Its an unusual wood pecker than distinguishes itself by hunting on the ground! As a sign I suppose it means persistence, putting your nose to the ground and working hard, above all to keep trying. I liked that, as it certainly is the new theme here lately! So with gratefulness, I say, keep trying, and then, try harder.
*UPDATE* All this morning, a Northern Flicker has been making its call outside my window. To hear it’s beautiful sound click here.
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