Sweet Bird

little birds have become an endearing part of my life

each day I enjoy their presence

there are just a few types that stay with us during the cold of autumn 

and winter

we love their company

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Birds

sometimes

i hear them

singing in the trees

the pine grosbeak

such a lovely sound

last year they came to my feeders

they are such a lovely splash of color in winter wonderland

also a peak at a sketchbook page:

 

Lovely weekend to you

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D.C.: Order and Chaos

nest: a sacred vessel

eggs: the perfect order for the promise of life

wee ones are born

then chaos begins 

big smile

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this week i have been working on two paintings with owls

in them

THEN i had an amazing encounter with THREE

Great Gray owls

a mother and two fledglings

it was at dusk, when they come out to hunt

so the photo is grainy:

Barbara Bee offered the prompt:

Order and Chaos

some how i feel that all life is contained in this theme

the word 'trust' comes to mind

sometimes we can not see where all the tiny details are heading
where they all end up
perhaps chaos leads to order
or at least it can
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thank you Barbara 

for inspiring an interesting contemplation

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Also:

a branch broke in a tree this week

it seemed like an arm offering this nest so that i could see it
previously it was hidden to my sight

such amazing 'order' in the way it is made!

grass

moss

lichen

mud

nicely glued to the branch

a sacred vessel 

for the eggs and babies it held

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