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Sunday, February 20, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Morning at the Pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 18, 2011
Morning at the Pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 18, 2011

Territorial display

One often sees Sandhill Cranes jumping and bobbing and fluffing their feathers and generally making a ruckus settling territorial disputes. They can be quite entertaining. The International Crane Foundation offers a nicely illustrated field guide to crane behavior {link} (pdf) that describes the meaning of these displays.

Night camp

Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Something Useful Can Be Artful

A life, I believe - lived well and openly - with a certain sort of careful attention to form and function - creates art - or, at the very least, inspires it. I believe that art is contained in the ordinary events, that the small things we see and hear and learn everyday provide opportunities to explore parts of ourselves or our society in a way that can actually produce art. Whether it is a story you leave behind or one you take with you, I believe that any given situation is rich with opportunities to participate in the creation of something useful that can also be artful.

Living Art - Photography By Catherine Jamieson

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