Cooped Up (#SmallWonder Link-up)

(Painting, “Cooped Up” by Lawrence J. Davis) They were closed in for almost a week.  The new flock, used to living free-range with their former owner, needed time to recognize their new home.  We didn’t want to risk them wandering...

The Birthday Flock (#SmallWonder Link-up)

We stuffed them into boxes marked “Smirnoff Ice” and “Captain Morgan’s,” small boxes, free from the local liquor store.  John cut air holes on the ride across town, slicing with his utility knife in the passenger seat while I drove.  When we arrived at the...

Grandma’s Chickadees

I have my own picture window now, complete with bird feeder. Grandma fed her chickadees religiously, for years.  Filling  a rusted coffee can with sunflower  seeds, she loaded the feeder outside  her big picture window, daily. Seated...

Gathering Mystery (a poem)

Eggs arrive  one-a-day, like manna.   We run  to check the nest box, Israelites leaping at first light, hands open, to gather the mystery of provision from  unlikely places.   Photo Credit. Linking with Playdates with God and the Unforced...
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