Daydream By The Riverside

A sunny, bright, frigid morning allowed me to have the Riverwalk to myself with the exception of a seagull. The wooden planks were icy and the sunlight sparkling on the frosty planks and the white caps on the river were blowing my mind.

If reality is a virtual reality then God has made a great video game for us to grow up in.

Daydream By The Riverside

Astoria-Megler Bridge and Riverwalk

Feeding Frenzy: Red-Winged Blackbirds (video and photos)

Feeding Frenzy:

Red-Winged Blackbirds

The red-winged blackbirds generally arrive in a swarm numbering between 50 and 100, give or take a few, individual birds. Unless there is food already in the feeder after arriving they wait in the high branches of the surrounding trees. Their voices repeating 'Purple-dee, Purple-dee', in a stereophonic chorus make an upbeat soundtrack to accompany the morning's coffee.

It seems as if they expect me because within a few seconds of entering the house the flock is usually swarming around the feeding tree. Perhaps they have a circuit they follow and I'm merely one place on the route. They can eat a lot, I'll say that much.

Enjoy the video

Meditations of a Vagabond Spirit (video)

February 10th (poetry and video reading)

February 10th

February 10th (poetry)

February 10th

As darkness is in the process of leaving

and sunlight draws a line

along the edge of the hilltop in the East

the bird feeder in the front yard

and the pond across the street

gradually appear. 

After filling the feeder with sunflower seeds,

scattering cracked corn on the ground

and going back inside…

the birds arrive.

I knew they would,

it's a routine we have.

So begins the experience of February 10th.

© David H. Roche

Probabilities (video art from Serendipity Studios)