I've discovered another place I feel safe to walk alone with Kipper: the Lake Earl Wildlife Conservation area, a five-minute drive from our house, where there are sand dunes, lakes, the ocean, and mountains on the skyline----not to mention plenty of birds (great blue herons, standing like self-important Baptist preachers in their pulpits; all manner of ducks; eagles----of those I've seen) and river otters (though I did not spot any myself).
This is also an ideal place to collect the little reeds from which a Brigid's cross can be made, as I've done---in honor of Imbolc/Candlemas.
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| Brigid's Cross (on top of the Tide Log, essential information for walking on beaches here, since signs warn "Never turn your back on the ocean!" because "sneaker waves" have pulled too many from their feet and to their deaths) |
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| Lake Earl Wildlife Conservation area |
And it is this walking (and sitting, and lying on) the land that is helping me to finally begin to feel more at home here. . . .
And it is this walking (and sitting, and lying on) the land that is helping me to finally begin to feel more at home here. . . .
Sounds like a beautiful place to walk! So much to see, to find. I'm becoming a skywatcher in my waning years! Also a birder... Pretty soon I'll need a back pack for camera *and* binoculars *and* tape recorder! :) But it is so freeing to be out in nature isn't it! Am glad you are connecting to the land and finally feeling more at home...
ReplyDeleteMay your Heart soar in your new surroundings!
Heart Hugs - Christine
Oh, yes, Christine. . . Thank you for the hugs and encouragement----and glimpses of the beautiful (inner and outer) skies in your part of the world!
DeleteA 5-minute drive? Oh my gosh, how wonderful. I would be there every single day, the nearest place even remotely like this is about a 40 minute drive each way and the dogs howl and whine and can't stand the wait to get there. I love that you make the Brigid's crosses for Imbolc. You are my go-to when I need to see a real one -- and it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI feel fortunate, Peggy!
ReplyDeleteI miss being able to refer to the film for the cross, but they really are simple to make; I think I have it down now. I'd like to make one with more reeds, too: next year! Thanks. . .