BIRD BRAINS....

Over the past 19 years (gasp, YES, we've been in Campbell River, B.C. for that long!) these are some of the birds visiting my back yard.  I have a great view of the mountains, the rainforest, valley, and these birds ...

Black headed Grosbeak

"I would like to paint the way a bird sings...:" -Claude Monet

Nest gathering

"By coming and going , a bird weaves is nest.." -Ashanti

Mr. and Mrs. Finch

"You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams..." 

                                                                                                                 -Haruki Murakami

White crowned Sparrow

"Tomorrow the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life..."

                         - Charlie Chaplin

Dove grey, always together...

"After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing..." -Erin Hunter

Stellar Jay

"Nothing but the silence of the tree, and then he is gone.." -Mary Oliver

Annas Hum Hum

"Powered by its own life and its own motivation..." -Abdul Kalam

Flicker

"The birds of heavens dwell in the trees.." - Psalm 104:12

Grackles "Cowbirds"

"If birds glide for long periods of time, then why can't I?"_Orville Wright

Pileated Woodpecker

"A woodpecker's drilling Echoes to the mountain clouds.."

                                                   -Dakotsu lida

Towhee

"I like the idea of taking off like a bird...." -Florence Welch

baby sparrow, I believe...

"Are you my mother?" -P.D. Eastman

Varied Thrush

"Every spring I hear the Thrush singing in the glowing woods...." - Mary Oliver

Robin red breast

"The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off." -F. Hodgson Burnett

American goldfinch

"Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven."-Francis Beaumont

Cooper's Hawk

"Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, bright the hawk's flight on empty sky..." -Ursula K. LeGuin

                     FLY...............

Pine Siskins

"I wake up every morning, free as a bird..." - Ashley Cole

Rufous Hum Hum

"I'm youth. I'm Joy..." - James M. Barrie


                                                          Eagles

“The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.” – Jack White

Photographs 2025 All photos taken in Campbell River, B.C.
 

On this Eve of all nights......

        On this Eve of all nights. Phantoms settle on snow.  Lights burn. Making their presence known. On this Eve. This night .

 Ice veils the night. This Eve above all. This Eve where peace is prayed for.  And Hope above all.

 Candles shine. Lit through the dark. This night of all nights.

 Ancient evergreens loom. Treasures of gold, myrrh and frankincense.

 Midnight black, light  comes into day. Light banishes dark.

 And the Eve is still. On this Eve of all nights....

 We scuffle down our earthly paths. In chorus. Listening to see whose voice is sweeter.

 Haunting snow  cascades.Smashes against  the world outside. And yet we sing on.

 Cold and dark we make our way. On this Eve of all nights....

 Wondering if we will find it. Wondering if we dare hope.

 On this Eve of all nights.

 Will all be transparent.

 Will we be patient enough.

 To wait and Hear. To listen and wait.
                               
 And the Eve closes in. This Eve so different from all others.

 Warmless stars  sing sweet ballads. As we wait for the moment.

  Evening star rises. And leads us onwards. Ever searching.

 We are warmed by some wandering minstrel

 Who sings of hope and joy and peace. And Love.

 And this shall be a sign to us......

 The ancient words foretell. Sometimes we cannot hear .

 And you shall find. Wrapped in swaddling clothes......

 And heaven will behold, in all its Joy.

 That which brings . And we will find it. And morning will make us new.

 Day will become Light. And  night will become day. Through the  cloudless  snow.  Wandering. Whispering down.  On this Eve of all nights....