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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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LanTerra Blog.
Resourcefulness > you often hear of this phrase. "God bless all creatures great and small". Well I wondered how this saying came to be. Turns out the saying was derived from a poem written in the 1800's. titled, "Maker of Heaven and Earth" (All Things Bright and Beautiful)by Cecil Frances Alexander.
Early this morning I witnessed just this, an amazing display of the nature that Gods creation has set forth. Glancing from my kitchen window I saw a Sparrow exit my loan solitary hoop house then another and the still another entered from the same area. It appeared they had found a tiny crevice near the ground. I thought why would these birds be in there?
Remarkably they were after the trapped black-flies that seek warmth in the hoop house. They had somehow found a live and constant steady food source and a way to harvest it. I watched as they flew off to a distant evergreen tree in the front yard. Awaiting them was the many eager to fill hungry mouths of the next generation. Their shrill cries beckoned each adult with a piercing sounds of feed me more.
While raising a hungry brood maybe a considerable challenge for most of us its nothing when compared to these creatures. The reality in the modern world of mankind is the obstacles these tiny little birds must face each and every day is mind boggling .
My morning had become much more bright and beautiful. Never thought of myself as contributor to the local bird population. Maybe just maybe its gonna be "A Big Year"* in the pumpkin patch.
*Having A Big Year > from the movie featuring Jack Black and Steve Martin
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