Thankful Thursday: Winged wonders
Be like a bird
That pausing in her flight
Awhile on boughs to light,
Feels them give way
Beneath her and yet sings,
Knowing that she hath wings.
Victor Marie Hugo
It's National Bird Day, so who else to celebrate this Thankful Thursday than our fine feathered friends!
Here's a photograph of Tama and Itzel, who graced my citrus trees a few years back. I'm grateful for the beauty their mother bestowed on my home, and for the life lessons her hatchlings offered as they broke free of their shells, sprouted long beaks and pinfeathers, and eventually took wing. Their story weaves together tragedy, triumph, and transcendence, as all good stories do, and lingers with me now….
(This series of posts chronicles "my" hummingbirds' lives, from egg to fledge.)
