I hope that your journeys through this past year have brought you the blessings of earth, water, air, and sun, and I send you my wish that they will lead to future flight.

Eurasian Collared Dove Taking Flight

Now that it’s gone native here, it might best be called the Collared Eurasian-Turtle Island Dove. Photo by Anassa Rhenisch. I love the wing shadow on the fence post!

Christmas is a celebration of birth out of darkness, and today the first pussy willow of the year has opened to the grey light filtering through the clouds:

2012 Begins Early

Peace on earth.