Every single morning while I was away I woke up to the intriguing sounds of what appeared to be many different types of songbirds right outside my window. Not only birds, but frog sounds too.
While there were plenty of other types of birds in the area, especially dainty little hummingbirds, the pleasurable noise as it turns out was made by one ordinary looking little bird. And now I know the name of the specific type of bird – it was a mockingbird. Which makes sense since it made a variety of sounds mocking other animals and noises, even that of a car alarm (heard in this video). On my phone video the sounds are awesome but the picture didn’t come out very clearly so instead I found one on youtube (below). I also came across one that calls out a dog’s name. Amazing creatures.
After listening to these captivating sounds it made me question why in the world anyone would want to kill one. Kiss one maybe.
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Then I came across a post I did 3 years ago re: birds of a feather from photos I’d taken of birds from my travels:
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.
Making any March Resolutions? Lose weight, exercise more, eat healthier, drink less, become vegan, meditate more, stress less, give more, motivate yourself……food for thought. More, Less, More, Less. Less is More.
Because time marches on and maybe New Year’s came and went so fast that you have to catch up with your resolutions which you’ll have a hard time resolving if you put too much pressure on yourself intending to fulfill all of them at once. You can only try to do your best.
Art is not a pleasure, or an amusement, art is a great matter. Art is an organ of human life transmitting man’s reasonable perception into feeling. Leo Tolstoy – 1898
Mark Rothko, Four Darks in Red
His (Tolstoy’s) definition of art is in the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception. Sir Herbert Read – 1960.
I found the above phrases transcribed by perfect penmanship into a beautifully gifted art book from a gallery in Washingon, D.C. I hadn’t opened up the hard cover book in a long while and re discovered it again recently as it was tucked away amongst other belongings.
The nice thing about art is that it never gets old.
ART is an appreciated respite from all the craziness in the universe right now.
“Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about. The off-center, in-between state is an ideal situation apparently, a situation in which we don’t get caught, and in which we can open our hearts and minds beyond limit.” – from When Things Fall Apart.I am now the proud mom of Siamese Twins
And the little camper that could go practically any place, from beach to rocky road and everywhere in between
We never know what might be waiting right around the corner…
Happy Month Ahead!
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.Have a happy weekend my friends!
Yup; me too!
I am now the proud mom of Siamese Twins
go practically any place, from beach to rocky road and everywhere in between
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Girl Who Would be KING on Life, Style and INSPIRATION. 
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