Taken with and posted on the PlayBook.
This is a poor quality photo but the look is priceless. Achilles completely relaxed. He is such a treasure, helps put my cares and concerns in perspective. I am so blessed, life is good.
Month: March 2014
Glorious Day
Achilles at rest
Chili did not use this bolster bed for quite some time, only recently curling up in it. It’s interesting how dogs’ habits and preferences change. For the longest time, Stella only came in the man cave when I was eating at the desk. She still comes in only infrequently, yet on occasion she will hop up on the love seat when I’m in here.
Another harbinger
We live on (under) the Tundra Swans’ flyway between their wintering grounds on the US East Coast and their summer home in Canadian North. We eagerly anticipate seeing them every year, and our first sighting was almost two weeks ago. Beautiful, majestic birds, bringing inspiration and hope after a long and hard winter.
Waiting
Our potted ornamental plants wait to be moved outside. They have been under artificial light inside, for months. One African Violet may not make it. Today is cloudy, near freezing, snowflakes falling, with a chill northeast breeze.
We wait, less than patiently now, for spring to arrive with its promise of pleasant evenings, sunny skies, mild times. However impatient we are though, spring will come in its own time and no sooner, when it is time, when it is ready. Much as I might prefer otherwise, patience . . .
Dawn, moon and Venus
Ephemeral
Less than a minute after landing on the deck, this snowflake had vanished. A favourite line from Kansas’ song Dust In the Wind captures the essence of this: Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
Brushed
Our neighbours’ pine tree, brushed by snow on March 25.
Soaring
This Red-tailed Hawk rode the wind yesterday, graceful, silent, a pleasure to admire. It was lunchtime at work yet it was right to dash outside and photograph it, then lower the camera and watch with a smile on my face and in my heart as it continued to soar.
Make time to reflect on and give thanks for being alive, being in the world.
Harbinger of spring
The first Turkey Vulture of 2014 I photographed over Dresden. Not easy for you to see I know. They may be ugly up close but aloft they are graceful, a real pleasure to watch wheeling overhead.
A true sign of the turn of the seasons. The only snow that remains is the big snowbanks and what’s in protected shady areas.
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