"The rough ground of uncertainties" #collage #papercollage #cutandpaste #MaryOliver

Mary Oliver, 2012 #poetry #poem #MaryOliver

Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus, 1922 #poetry #poem #Rilke "Let yourself ring out among the rafters / of dark belfries"

"I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. I circle around God, around the primordial tower. I’ve been circling for thousands of years and I still don’t know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?" (Rilke, 1905)

Wanna see a hummingbird's nest?

Good morning :)

"Standing at the edge of the mystery" #collage #papercollage #cutandpaste #MaryOliver

Mary Oliver, "Owls", 1995 #MaryOliver "I know I am standing at the edge of the mystery, in which terror is naturally and abundantly part of life...There is only one world."

Mary Oliver, Dream Work, 1986 #poetry #poem #MaryOliver

Two Friends on the Shore of Long Island Devin Leonardi (American, 1981–2014), 2009

“It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed—this, despite the gospel.” -- Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited, 1949 #HowardThurman

"Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest." #Psalm55:6 #PabloPicasso #DoveofPeace 🎨: Pablo Picasso, "La Colombe", 1949

#Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Is Not Breaking by Rosemmery Wahtola Trommer

Rosy-faced lovebirds 🦜💚

Woke up really feeling the existential dread today. Sometimes it helps my brain to watch these live bird feeds and remind myself that good things are real too. Discovered another beautiful eagle family: www.youtube.com/live/SRvfnHW...

Good morning :) ☕️🦜

A northern mockingbird telling me to watch where I'm walking next time...and to maybe not wear flimsy sandals while birding. 😅

Picture of a Palo Verde surrounded by sludge mud taken seconds before I slipped forward and fell flat on my ass in the sludge mud...🫣😦🥸

Adult night heron... beautiful ruby eyes!

My first green heron sighting :)

Snowy egret saunter

Made a new friend at my local plant shop, today. 🥹 His name is Rufus. ❤️

"Well, let them seize on all they can: One treasure still is mine, A heart that loves to think on thee, And feels the worth of thine." #AnneBrontë #Ohtheyhaverobbedmeofthehope #poetry #poem #BookWormSat #botd 🎨: AnneBronte, 1839

Happy Birthday, Etty ♥️ (Jan 15 1914 - Nov 30 1943) #botd #EttyHillesum "I find life beautiful, and I feel free. The sky within me is as wide as the one stretching above my head. I believe in God and I believe in man, and I say so without embarrassment. Life is hard, but that is no bad thing. 1/

Not a very good pic, but I saw my first cactus wren at work today. He was a cutie. #birdwatching

Mary Oliver, Red Bird, 2008 I posted something last night about wrestling with anxiety and depression, then deleted it soon after because sharing made me feel anxious and embarrassed. I feel very grateful for so many beautiful things in life, and I want to be able to hold on to those feelings too.

Went back and explored the Audobon preserve area this morning and was so excited to spot a belted kingfisher and red tailed hawk on my own, and get a really good look at both in my binoculars :)

Mary Oliver, American Primitive, 1983 #poetry #poem #MaryOliver

I was completely dazzled by the BBC Planet Earth series when it came out 20 years ago. Fresh out of high school and stuck in some very narrow beliefs about life, I found many clips in the series awe-inspiring and mind-blowing, and none more so than this bird of paradise clip. youtu.be/nWfyw51DQfU

Good morning :) youtu.be/Qr5v7NP8WAk