morning sit. cool breeze, overcast, heavy rain in the forecast.
stood with the babe napping on my chest for my sit today. family coming for a visit, grateful for my commitment to sitting, for the peace of having my time outside this morning. i can feel my knowledge of this place, of the natural world, sinking in to me deeper and deeper as the days go by. when i look out the window now, i really know what that weather feels like, i know the sound of it, the feel, the personality, the companionship of it. daily sitting is quite different from just moving through the outdoors to take a walk, to work in the garden.
birds are very busy. seven jays erupting intermittently into a chorus of proclamations. figured them to be competing for territories, but then five of them flew together over my yard, appeared amicable. goldfinches, chickadees calling & singing, and two others whose notes i didn't recognize. crows calling, shouting. first cardinal in a while came near the feeder this morning, along with the doves who have been visiting the ground below it. Big Gray today was studying ways to get to the feeder itself, no longer content with the ground pickings. haven't seen our three-legged Gray for a few weeks, who for two years has been happy on the ground; perhaps it knows it can't maneuver across the clothesline to get to the feeder.
snow surface is slushy, heavy now, with large crystals. footfalls leave a definite mark, but messy, the grains of slush falling, crumbling easily.
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