DOUBLE OUR PLEASURE

Recently I told you about a SNOWY OWL

that had come to visit us

a few months ago at one of the beaches nearby.

Jim headed directly from the parking lot across the road

safely perched on the embankment as

SNOWY OWL 

flew to the top of a tree.

OK Jim, let's get moving

follow me to the beach and

please be careful of that road you are walking on!

Sheesh!

 You'd think that SNOWY OWL

was something special or something.

Just for a change we decided to take a new/old path

because, well, we just wanted to.

Good decision!

Because as I sat snuggled next to Jim,

Ron went down on the sand and discovered

SNOWY OWL #2

nestled quietly by him/herself 

wondering I'm sure if we would disappear

as quickly as we arrived.

No chance of me disturbing our discovery.

Jim took his turn,

working slowly down and around the viewing area.

After an unexpected flight closer to the houses,

Jim got his pictures  and returned.

Unexpected pleasures can be doubled in the wink of an eye.

If we hadn't taken the new/old path, well,

SNOWY OWL #2

wouldn't have become part of memory.

LIFE & DEATH

The wind is fierce today folks

so we knew we had to go to the beach!

Rounding the corner heading to Lawrencetown Beach

we knew that our visit would be a special one

out of the car

up over the grassy dunes

and

onto the rocky shore

as close as we dare

the beach felt deserted

as the surf churned wave after wave

and yes I was on my Doodle mission to sniff out anything

after the shoreline was literally pounded with this wave action

I did however miss this

Ron told me after the walk

that he came upon this seagull

which must have been overtaken

by nature's upset

yet across the street from the parking lot

were these birders

very focussed on what I thought were these crows

(seemed strange indeed)

I looked back across the street

for one last look at the surf

and there s/he was

an adolescent Snowy Owl

 by that time

the place was filling with birders

and the owl decided things were getting a little too close

so up high on top of a telephone pole s/he rousted

(I'm sure thinking that people can be very odd at times)

Today was the full spectrum of

Life & Death

even though I was shielded from the latter.

That's OK folks!

I've come across the remains of critters before

and am totally fine with that!