While in Austin this weekend, I observed UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL--the beauty and the other side of Nature. As SIL Laurie says, "If you watch nature long enough, sooner or later it will turn ugly!" Reminds me of mankind!
I actually saw the "ugly" first---we were sitting in the yard--enjoying a beautiful-but chilly day with skies SO BLUE---that they reviled if not surpassed the deep blue of the Caribbean Sea! From my back--I heard the rushing of wind--deep but dark flutter of the beating of the wind. All at once----from behind me--I feel the rush of the wind and the shrill of the cry of a hawk in pursuit of a beautiful songbird--right on the wing tip of a song bird he intended for his next meal.
He flew inches above our heads-and feathers rained down as the food chain became strikingly real!
Not long after that--ALL of a sudden--I feel the wind rush again--BUT this time it is a beautiful road runner--with his black and white pinstripe suit and his red breast bursting in flame--he stopped so close I could almost touch him---stood---looked at us as if to say "May I join you?" Stood staring--he at us and we at him--and then off again.
WHAT A TREAT!
2 comments:
Nature is so ugly and yet so beautiful.... If it goes on long enough you will be both amazed and sickened and in awe at the sight of nature... All in all, God's nature puts us in touch with ourselves....Great post, great picture of life and the cycle...
At least feathers were raining down. Could've been messier! What a cool thing to see!
Chrome Cowgirl
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