A Tale of Two Birds

 

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.  ~Rumi

 

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

Rumi

 

Doors

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.
~Jim Morrison

Rusty Metal Door at Ft Worden, WA.

A gate that leads to nowhere at Longbranch, WA.

Door to old building at Port Townsend, WA.

The White and Cherry Blossom Tree on the Key Peninsula

Thrift Store Art

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.
~J. Paul Getty

Sunrise, Sunset

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”

~Jo Walton

Taken from the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, WA April 3, 2015.

Great American Bald Eagle

Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.    ~John Dryden

So I was minding my own business snapping shots of a heron as the tide was going out. A few baby ducks were swimming about the buoy when all of the sudden down swoops an eagle trying to snatch one of the ducklings. Birds and ducks scatter everywhere and the eagle retreats up into a tree. Right above my head. I say, of course “hey there, Mr. Eagle!” and he cocks his head and stares down at me.

The rain was pouring pretty heavily when I took these photos.  It was worth getting wet.