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soundtrack of a soul

February 23, 2010

Something beautiful which my new friend, Kymberlee della Luce built.
the soundtrack of my soul
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Glimpses from the edge. 7.

March 29, 2009

Happy to be sitting in the sunshine, beneath the budding cherry tree. Four goldfinches and two chickadees are in the branches above me, and the sky is a-jumble with the herons, aroused by something or other–perhaps an eagle, the way the crows are carrying on.

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Glimpses from the edge. 5.

March 27, 2009

It is extremely noisy this morning. The air is not still. The stream in the ravine is rushing loudly. Herons and seagulls and robins and hummingbirds, plus a flicker pounding away on a snag somewhere all add to the cacophony. The Stellar’s Jays are begging for peanuts and the crows want a piece of that, [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 4.

March 21, 2009

The air was below freezing at 7:30 this morning, and so still. The small birds tweeted now and again, but the herons were generally silent.
I carried my cup of coffee and my little binoculars to the edge of the ravine and peered. A few herons were perched high atop some maples along the west edge, [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 3.

March 17, 2009

This evening I watch the herons landing in the big leaf maple near the house. Their nests are on the other side of the ravine, so I deduce that the ones on this side are either being shoved out of the main colony, or are here to gather sticks for building nests.
I soon see that [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 2.

March 6, 2009

The sun is dusting the treetops again this morning, and it is a mere 30°. The herons are quiet yet busy. Busy swooping momentarily through the treetops, and then perching, gazing. What do they see from there?
Photo by Mike Baird and used under Creative Commons license

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