Sunday Scribblings: Soar!
Soar or sore. Neither are words I use often.
So let’s see what happens when I let my mind wander and my fingers flick the keys:
Soar, well I live right on the beach in Baja California Sur. Birds soar here . All kinds of birds. Snowy egrets. They are huge, white and elegant. I love when they take off , at first their necks are stretched out straight, then they fold them in an S and fly off. It is a beautiful movement. Smooth.
This evening as we were walking, and cleaning the beach, some huge gulls took flight and one soared over my head, but so close I could see his roving eye seeking leftover lunch scraps from today’s beach goers.
And osprey and hawks soar on the updrafts and swoop down, barely disturbing the water, yet soaring up again grasping a fish in their talons.
This winter we had high winds and were treated to aerial shows by many of the hawks, osprey , frigate birds and even the lowly buzzard.
The shape of our house, a shallow X creates it’s own micro climate of winds and drafts. For several hours during Christmas these huge birds with wing spans of 3-6 feet came in twos and threes. They would swoop in low, catch a vortex, spiral up over the house and come screaming in again to repeat the process. Watching these great birds of prey ( and one scavenger) swoop, and glide and swirl and soar for the sheer pleasure of flight makes us, rooted to earth, feel our limits, and appreciate flight.
I am jealous of their freedom, thrilled by their aerial dance.
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May 18th, 2008 at 5:32 am
“Jealous of their freedom, thrilled by their aerial dance…”
Yes, absolutely! I feel that way as well, wanting so much to take flight along with them.
This is a beautifully written description - it goes quite well with my offering for this week’s prompt :)
Thanks for stopping by Becca’s Byline…nice meeting you!
May 18th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Lovely descriptions, I love birds too
May 18th, 2008 at 10:48 am
How wonderful that you appreciate the beauty which surrounds you. Lovely piece!
Nice to meet you!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I am jealous of their freedom too.I am realizing that properly.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I’m jealous not only of the birds’ soaring but of your home where you can observe them soar. The birds of Baja California Sur were a highlight of my one trip to your region. You expressed vividly the joy of seeing them
May 18th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Your use of words are tantalizing. I’ve never seen an egret - how lucky you are!
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
I am green at the image of your home, the smell of the salt air, the ozone on the windows and watching beloved objects rust - bliss! Thank YOU!
May 24th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Here well arranged and varied posts appear again and again. I look gladly here past. Many greetings from the center of Germany!
September 1st, 2008 at 1:33 am
Baja California Sur sounds like a wonderful place from how you describe it. The birds of prey are an amazing site which we don`t get to see from our place in the city, although there is a park with a lot of eagles within an hour`s drive.