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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Brrr..., Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 2, 2013
Brrr..., Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 2, 2013

Frost on the pumpkin

It got a wee bit chilly in the neighborhood last night. It was a windy 12 degrees at eight this morning when I shot this guy/gal taking off from his/her night standing frozen in the pond. Several of them were flying out with legs tucked up this morning. They don't usually do that. It can't be very aerodynamic. Perhaps the waste heat from the extra energy it took to fly the bird was welcome this morning.

Nightcamp

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

Playing and Learning and Loving

..There is a Byzantium, but not the one Yeats writes about. There is another country the aging occupy and which we share with children. Its borders are formed by the animal that arises in puberty and subsides with the onset of wisdom. It is a land where seven and seventy are kin. Where there are no concerns other than playing and learning and loving. The inhabitants of this land are in no hurry. Our days are dense with experiences. We have, as the Spanish say, more time than life.

Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life George Sheehan, M. D.

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