Egret having breakfast. 6:00 am Saturday morning. 47° with light rain. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. More photos from this morning’s walk here and here.
Tag: Inspirational
Sunday, Sparrows, Sawsan (do unto others as….)
I knew when I took the shot this morning it would be a triggering moment for Sawsan who swoons over Sparrows.
Then I posted the shot on Instagram. In seconds, a text message comes flying in: “POST the Sparrow, PLEASE.”
Then message alerts won’t stop: Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping PING. PING. She lights up my inbox after I ask her to share a few thoughts on why I should post the picture.
I was a bit taken back — she said ‘PLEASE‘ vs. the customary JUST-DO-IT. Finally, a wee bit of control over Her on Something. I feel such joy over this…
Sawsan said it all started here with my post: Riding Metro North. With “My” Little Bird.’
Then she shares a passage from Thoreau in ‘Walden‘: “I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
I had to look up “epaulet.”
I re-read the passage, and thought about the summer afternoon when the kids and I went to Cove Island Park. I had Birdie (our Sun Conure) on my shoulder — and, the kids were a least one hundred yards behind me, belly crawling in the grass, nope, don’t know him, never saw him before in our life.
But we digress.
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Full Moon over Cove Island Park. 5:59 am, March 25, 2024. 30° F, feels like 23° F, with wind gusts up to 20 mph. More Full Moon photos from this mornings walk here…
Walking Cove Island Park. 1407 Days & Counting. Like in a Row.
Yesterday was 1,407 consecutive (almost) mornings on this daybreak walk at Cove Island Park. Like in a Row.
So what’s significant about that?
Two events.
The first, Cara Denison, a Cove Island Park morning runner, took that shot of me yesterday as I was walking out on low tide. She shared this photo and others here and here. I dislike (put mildly) selfies and self-portraits, but this magnificent shot moved me — just LOOK at the beauty of the ground that I walk.
The second event was Lori sharing a passage (see below) from the dailyood.org titled “A Spiritually Literate Photographer” by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. This is an excerpt from their book: Spiritual Literature: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life. The words speak for themselves and also touched me at my core. Thank you Lori for sharing.
Finally, as I sit here this morning preparing for my daybreak walk, making it 1,408 consecutive (almost) mornings, like in a row, I am flooded with gratitude for all of you that join me on my morning walks and musings, and so grateful for those of you who have become a part of this wonderful virtual community that I can’t live without — it’s been 13 years here on this Page and we ain’t done yet.
Thank you, and Read on…
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Walking. With Huge Decision…Pressure lifted.
January 23rd. 1,358 consecutive (almost) days on my morning walk at Cove Island Park. Like in a row.
It’s 7:00 am, Sunrise is scheduled for 7:13 am. Of course it’s 7:13 am DK, how would you know it’s 7:13 am with such precision? Well, I asked Siri 3x, and Google 1x, in case the timing of the sunrise changed in the last 30 minutes. Obsessive? Not at all.
I’m 13 minutes away from lift off, and I’m pacing, and pacing. Ted Kooser: “I have used up more than 20,000 days waiting to see what the next would bring.“
12 minutes from lift off. I set the camera and backpack down on the bench. And wait. And pace.
11 minutes from lift off. Clear skies, chance for clear shots of the morning sun.
11 minutes, a freakin’ eternity.
I circle around the rock bluff, Again. And then once more.
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