shades of blue...

...on my great heron

okay... yes, i'm calling it mine... only because we experienced a huge breakthrough today... i wasn't necessarily thinking i'd see the great blue again today - hoping, yes - but timing is everything... so one never knows...

i arrived at my little lake - yup, my lake, too... i'm feeling rather possessive these days! anyway - arriving, i didn't see him at first - then noticed him far across on the other side... i took my time sauntering over - didn't want to rush - have him thinking i was in a hurry to see him or anything even though i was... when i got there, i was allowed to get fairly close... we even made eye contact several times and i swear to you - he batted that eye at me... i'd bet on it - and because of it, can you sense what's coming? boo... i began talking to him! i had no control... i suddenly felt a kinship with the great blue - i can't explain if it's because he allowed me to get so much closer to him today... or the bond i felt in making eye contact - there was just that something - before i knew what was happening, words were coming out of my mouth... and do you know what? he stood his ground - didn't move - not an inch - not one iota... it was a special moment... he listened to me - there was a real connection... exactly like i have experienced with my other feathered and furry friends, except i wasn't prepared for it to ever happen with the heron... nothing like it!

then - just like that - off he flew... and i was seeing shades of blue in his feathered wing span - reflected off the water - glowing in the sun...

later - after running some errands with the window of my car down... a man i didn't know leaned out his window to yell at me - "love you"... i laughed - it must've been the glow from my encounter with the heron that was lighting up my face... i thought, "i'll take it" - 'cuz combined, it made for...

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happy day.....