Real joy means immediate expansion. If we experience pure joy, immediately our heart expands. We feel that we are flying in the divine freedom-sky. The entire length and breadth of the world becomes ours, not for us to rule over, but as an expansion of our consciousness. We become reality and vastness.
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner PeaceGo to Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside to see others’ response to the challenge.
Category Archives: Birds
Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit (Mine) 5
This week, Michelle W. requests that you show us something that’s a HABIT. If could be your daily walk to the bus stop, or your daily paper lying on the doorstep. Maybe it’s the guy behind the counter at the deli you always visit for lunch, the stuffed bunny your child must have at bedtime, or the view from your desk as you sit down to blog.
Capture a moment both constant and fleeting. We look forward to the glimpses into your everyday. Don’t forget to link your post to the weekly photo challenge and to click on the link to see what others are posting.
My habit is capturing photos during my walks.
Lights of tunnel entrance.
Lights of Waikiki
Urban wild life.
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing. – Muhammad Ali.
Today I’m grateful for my camera, for my walking buddy, for the rooster, and for light.
Delightfully Different Bird 2
Have you seen one of these?
This morning started out uneventful. I dropped my son off at a school event and then decided to take advantage of the trade winds by taking a morning stroll with my camera.
It was such a nice day that I took longer to explore than normal. Yet, I was just about to return home when I noticed her out of the corner of my eye.
Initially I assumed she was an escaped pet. Still, she is pretty and since I’ve never seen one like her, I was curious. Imagine my surprise when I found:
Abnormal coloration in birds: Melanin reduction « Sibley Guides.
It seems that birds can have decreased melanin causing coloration changes. My bird is likely a Red-crested Cardinal. Read Cardinals not always redbirds | The Columbus Dispatch to see photos of two other birds who have different coloration related to this.
Whether these differences are just a fluke or related to something larger is unclear. Still with humans having more problems with vitamin D deficiency and now birds changing colors due to melanin, it does make one wonder. Could they be related? Will we see an increase in birds of a different color?
Honestly, I do not know, but I do know that differences are okay and evolving is not necessarily a bad thing. Today I’m grateful I saw this bird while I had my camera. I for one will continue to embrace differences. I hope you will too.
Picnic Under the Banyan Tree 10
Even Egerts enjoy shady places on hot summer days. Today I am grateful for nature.
Delightfully Different Life 