Minor setbacks

Minor setbacks

The plan was to walk the labyrinth three times in a row, daily.  Starting on July 8th.  I’d managed to do that every day but one (and I was out of town for all of that day and late into the evening, so I chose not to do a night walk that evening).  Until...
Being curious

Being curious

One of the sounds that I’ve been noticing a lot as I walk the labyrinth, is this screeing of a hawk of some sort.  Yesterday when I was walking, I could hear one hawk calling from far away, and other one that appeared to be answering from a tree just above me....
Reflections

Reflections

When I took this picture, I thought I was taking a picture of the floating bug.  It looked ethereal and mysterious to me.  As I’m looking now, I’m noticing that I’m actually far more interested in the reflection of the trees in the water and the...
Squawk! Squawk!

Squawk! Squawk!

Remember all that squawking the neighbor’s chickens have been doing?  I think I know what they’ve been hollering about now. Today, as I was walking up to the labyrinth, I saw what I think was a Cooper’s Hawk fly off from the lowest branch of that...
Pygmy nuthatches!

Pygmy nuthatches!

The tiny birds I was talking about earlier are Pygmy Nuthatches and they seem to show up on warmer days and after I’ve walked the labyrinth at least once. I head out, slip off my shoes and start walking, thinking about the different things in my life that are...
Light and shadow

Light and shadow

I am drawn to the times of day when sunlight casts long shadows, like in this photo, taken this morning walking out of the labyrinth for the third time.  Now it is still and quiet.  I am still feeling rattled, but calmer. The morning started in a startling manner.  I...