Hello and Happy Groundhog Day
Here at the Zoo I am really looking forward to Spring and feeling of renewal that comes with that 1st hint of green and the stirrings of wildlife. This doesnt mean that I am not living in the moment for the remaining days of winter and the pleasures that come with this season.
I will share just a bit - LOL - if you don't mind
Yesterday Feb 1 it was a mild day with little flakes of snow falling softly from the sky. It was a still kind of weather that stirred a yearning in me to take a long stroll and just BE in the moment of peace between earth and the sky. To have the
snowflakes be the connection to the two spaces. I love the quietness that snow brings, where you are the only person breathing in the clean air and having the snowflakes softly melt on your skin. I wandered downtown and of course as it was a work day there were others out running errands and other business.
I saw people that just needed to trudge from one place to the other without regard to the weather and others like me who contemplated the snowy day and seemed to just Be. Crossing the street at an intersection I shared a smile with another fellow journeyer in the snow. We did not have to speak we just stood waiting for the light to change and breathed the same air and let the snowflakes cover us both in serenity for a brief communion with the
universe.
Then the light changes and we parted ways, I hope my companion in thast moment carried the peace of that moment with her for the rest of the day.
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Photo from http://theliquidbetsy.com/2010/02/dd-16-jd-2-let-is-snow-or-dont/ |
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the simple joy of a snowangel |
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From http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ |
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From http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ |
Life at the Zoo sends peaceful Snowflakes to all