i saw a robin yesterday...
actually it was the second robin of the season that i've seen... i grew up with the belief that it wasn't springtime - until you'd set eyes upon your 1st robin... why? i don't know - it was just one of those things - a sure sign that spring had arrived - it wasn't a "fake-out" by nature perhaps... whatever the case - in all of my adult years, i don't consider it spring until i see a robin regardless of what others may say - or what the calendar deems it to be.
a couple of weeks ago - i snuck up on my first - he was trying to hide in the underbrush of old leaves in the forest... i almost didn't count him because of the whole hide 'n seek factor. this one - this was much better - it was as though we had a connection - an understanding - this robin and me... i believe he knew i was wanting his portrait but wasn't going to make it easy for me - so made me go on a chase after him - up and down the trail... i would run after him and call - he would skip along, then stop and look back at me so i could snap a picture.
if anyone was observing me - i'm sure it was a funny sight - a grown woman chasing after a bird... yet i swear, he knew exactly what he was doing - playing with me - and having fun all the same. because of it - and the posing he did - i got front, left and right-sided portraits of the robin...
it's not every day this happens - in fact, i doubt that birds interact with humans in this type of fashion on a regular basis. i don't take it for granted - it's always special when it happens between me and nature - gives me a thrill - a wonderful moment in time to cherish god's creation...
happy day.....
...daffodils
the time changed today - i wasn't necessarily prepared for it, however am prepared for the changing of seasons - the beginning of new life that springtime brings with it... buds that will be bursting forth soon on trees, bushes and flowers - grasses turning from ugly brown to lush greens - butterflies fluttering about - and, of course, wildlife showing off their newborns...
to hasten spring just a bit - stores are flooded with early buds of a variety of flowers... among them daffodils. not being able to contain myself - i indulged and have been rewarded with beautiful golden color - reminding me of this...
daffodils (also known as: i wandered lonely as a cloud)
i wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o'er vales and hills,
when all at once i saw a crowd,
a host, of golden daffodils;
beside the lake, beneath the trees,
fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
continuous as the stars that shine
and twinkle on the milky way,
they stretched in never-ending line
along the margin of a bay:
ten thousand saw i at a glance,
tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
the waves beside them danced; but they
out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
a poet could not but be gay,
in such a jocund company:
i gazed--and gazed--but little thought
what wealth the show to me had brought:
for oft, when on my couch i lie
in vacant or in pensive mood,
they flash upon that inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude;
and then my heart with pleasure fills,
and dances with the daffodils.
by william wordsworth
there's something about those words - wordsworth and his magical ability to manipulate the english language - along with poems in general - that leaves me feeling rather artsy. add in daffodils, mixing with natural sunshine - making them golden... and one must simply go with where the mood takes you -
hope others will then come along for the ride - and on that ride will find a
happy day.....
