Survival Instincts

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind. - C.S. Lewis

Life is a gift so I want to make the most of it, capturing the sights along my way. At the same time, I am not numb to these historic moments and the odd fact that there's a willingness by some to drift into fascism. This and the Poets and Storytellers United prompt to "focus on a letter of the alphabet" resulted in the prose below.

Both lemmings and bushy tailed squirrels are rodents with a sense of self-preservation.

I've seen none of the former to my knowledge in person but plenty of the latter.

Replacements will be planted for the trees (above) cut down. Local creatures are now deprived of these nesting places but the logs will become human homes and all manner of other useful things that spring from the imagination.

I recently received the lovely postcard (above) depicting a crow by artist Paul Windsor.

They say crows are highly intelligent birds and that their survival instincts are strong.

Crows and ducks have replaced seagulls at the beach this past while.

One stone by the shore reminded me of the pyramid at the Louvre Museum.

I had the good fortune to explore the museum years ago. You can see my visit HERE.

A mallard pair swam gracefully along the shore.

The water changed hues from moment to moment.

At times it captured the underlying ocean greenery.

At times it reflected the sky.

Like the mirroring sea, our thoughts, passions, fears and goals are manifested in everyday surroundings and across the globe the way leaves fill the trees.

Imagine and dream wisely.

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Happy Valentine's Day, Canada, & National Flag Day

The creative interpretation you see shimmering from behind the glass represents the pride, love and loyalty Canadians feel for their country, particularly in turbulent times. I saw this framed version (above) in a shop a few years back. Canada's earlier flag was the Canadian Red Ensign, designed to include the Union Jack and Canada's coat of arms. In 1965, the unifying maples seen from coast to coast helped inspire a re-imagining so that our current flag is fashioned with a single leaf. National Flag of Canada Day is on February 15th, following Valentine's Day on February 14th.

In my neck of the woods, the leaves have yet to return, branches are bare and a dusting of snow lingers. When the sun appears, it seems to cast thousands of sequins out onto the ocean waters. My photo and added animation do not adequately convey the mesmerizing dancing sparkles that truly are a magical sight.

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Lily's Lament

Detached but inseparable from the destructive whims of human behavior within nature, the yearning and the careless exist as interchangeable travelers in space together.

At differing times, in varying degrees, many of us have played the roles of both Lily (poetic prose below) and the one who picked her up briefly along the way.

Too early for lilies, I nonetheless searched for some hope of spring among the trees.

The air was crisp. Birds flitted from branch to branch. People walked with their pets. 

For one sun flashing moment all seemed right in my speck of the world.

    

Walkers and paddlers seemed headed in bright directions at a harmonious pace.

But not so fast, a little bird seemed to say. Life rife with tragedies dealt Canada a recent blow that will bring great economic destruction. The US is threatening its best trading partner and most reliable friend with extreme tariffs, betraying Canadians with bogus arguments, amid other bonds tossed in the trash like leftover summer flowers.

Sometimes when spring seems near, snow appears and we're left out in the cold.

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