We’ve been together since I was in fifth grade. Now she is a fifth grader herself! What a wondrous thing… I often tell children that she is older than them, they seem to have trouble believing it too.
The significance of this hatchday is second only to the day in which she came into being. This is the turning point, where I am 22 and she is 11. This bird has been by my side for half of my life.
From now on each year of her life will be an overlap of mine. I will remember how it felt to be together with her when I was her age. It makes me so happy, at last I feel the length of her life and I see that she has lived well… ۶°◝⁾໒꒱و
I saw some city pigeons partake in natural browsing activity and it freaked me OUT. It's just that I've never seen a pigeon peck at a bush?! In spite of my lifelong experience in urban birdwatching. I did not expect them to, ah, stay on the ground and crane their heads like giraffes. I am confused just looking at this photo.
I attended a mushroom ID class taught by the mushroom expert who wrote the field guide for my region!! It was 8 hours long with plenty of time to draw and talk with myco society acquaintances.