It’s been a summer full of animal sitings right outside the windows of our home and my writing cottage! This recent visitor to our deck decided the petunia plant needed trimming. I didn’t have the heart to shoo her away, but instead just enjoyed the company of her sweet presence…
To the young bunny who sat quietly in the front garden watching my hubby John paint the side of the house…
To the fawn that bounded from what seemed like out of nowhere to stop by for a brief and long enough moment right outside my cottage windows one afternoon that I could capture this photo…
To the Robin family starting a new family…
To the wren couple who discovered the new birdhouses to our property (constructed by John) and took up residence…
To this just last night of a sighting in our yard of a turkey and her chicks…
And last by not least, just two days ago a mouse who found its way into our house but was safely caught and relocated to a nearby woods.
Last evening, after posting the video of the turkey and chicks on my Facebook page a friend stated that she felt the animals feel safe with me. That touched my heart, while at the same time, I realized once again that it is I who feel safe with them too.
And the message I sense from each of them and is one in the same and is one of new beginnings as we are in this time of so much that is yet unseen and wondering what perhaps our future will look like. But despite that, new life is already here — all around us — and it’s up to each of us to discover for ourselves what that is.
All have been blessings helping me to stay connected to a bigger perspective…filling me with hope…and playing out right before my eyes the teaching that we can live in harmony if we just honor and respect one another.
xo,
Barbara
