Thursday, June 9, 2011

For the Birds




I took this photo.  It's not one of the stock shots that I took off the google image page.  I love seagulls.  I love all birds.  I've recently turned into a middle-aged person who watches birds.  I always notice the hawks on the way to school.  I love the cranes and the herons we see in the winter when it's cold and misty.

I just read a book about  pelicans.  The author told of all the wisdom that could be learned by watching pelicans.  Then he said what I've he heard so many Californians say:  "Seagulls are garbage eaters; scavengers;  common birds who are loud and pesty at the beach."  He also said nobody loves gulls except the Mormons.   I told Keith about it and read him a quote.  He just laughed and said,  "Well, Michelle,  you are a Mormon."  

I love seagulls.  I think they are beautiful.  I always said when I was a kid that if I could come back as an animal,  I would be a seagull.  I'd be able to fly and live by the ocean.  No real deep meaning today,  just one more thing about me.

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