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brooding crows and soft avalanches
Jun. 9th, 2024 05:25 pmI'm supposed to be doing the floors but I keep procrastinating - eating and reading and cleaning other things.
I have the dining room left to sweep but Avalanche is sleeping under the dining room table. On the bare hardwood floor. She sleeps at my feet, regardless of the surface. I was at the table, reading.
Last night, I was struggling to find peace for going back to sleep (since I've been going to bed at 8pm, I usually wake up at midnight, feed the cat a very late dinner, take out my contacts, brush my teeth, and then try to find something peaceful to listen to, to go back to sleep), and settled on a meditation from Michael Sealey about letting go of unwanted attachments. And he spoke about a soft avalanche. Maybe even uttered the phrase, "the softest avalanche." this meditation is many years old.
He also called me a magical creature. It was a nice meditation.
Anyway. My book has a talking crow in it. And I noticed while walking Avalanche today that my crows are building a nest and mating. It is fledgling season. Very far from nesting season. American crows do not have a second brood, unless they are southern, and even then only rarely. I've seen an October fledgling once before, here. Maybe four years ago.
I noticed that this pair did not seem to nest earlier. All I could think was that their fledgling perished very early. They've been acting normal since their first courting phase in March. Definitely not acting normal now.
They are nesting in the hopeless tree, which makes me sad. They usually choose one of the two deodar cedars next to our apartment. They are huge, beautiful trees, but the landscapers kill anything that fledges out of them, I've never seen a crow survive this courtyard. I've seen many babies try. Unless they just happen to fledge on a Tuesday morning, and are flying strong by the following Monday, the Monday landscaping will do them in. Lawn mowers, edgers, leaf blowers, the poison sprayed everywhere, all over all the ground and bushes and grass and all the nice brushy places fledglings like to hide. They spray weekly, this crew. I worry about Avalanche out there, she and I both barefoot in the grass together, but what can you do.
Why are they nesting in June? Maybe they know something we don't.
Avalanche just came and curled up at my feet at the desk - I moved into my room to write about the crows. And the soft avalanche reference. (I named her instagram account softestavalanche).
The book (Mink River) makes my head all dreamy feeling. Which is a nice counterbalance to the headache.
I have the dining room left to sweep but Avalanche is sleeping under the dining room table. On the bare hardwood floor. She sleeps at my feet, regardless of the surface. I was at the table, reading.
Last night, I was struggling to find peace for going back to sleep (since I've been going to bed at 8pm, I usually wake up at midnight, feed the cat a very late dinner, take out my contacts, brush my teeth, and then try to find something peaceful to listen to, to go back to sleep), and settled on a meditation from Michael Sealey about letting go of unwanted attachments. And he spoke about a soft avalanche. Maybe even uttered the phrase, "the softest avalanche." this meditation is many years old.
He also called me a magical creature. It was a nice meditation.
Anyway. My book has a talking crow in it. And I noticed while walking Avalanche today that my crows are building a nest and mating. It is fledgling season. Very far from nesting season. American crows do not have a second brood, unless they are southern, and even then only rarely. I've seen an October fledgling once before, here. Maybe four years ago.
I noticed that this pair did not seem to nest earlier. All I could think was that their fledgling perished very early. They've been acting normal since their first courting phase in March. Definitely not acting normal now.
They are nesting in the hopeless tree, which makes me sad. They usually choose one of the two deodar cedars next to our apartment. They are huge, beautiful trees, but the landscapers kill anything that fledges out of them, I've never seen a crow survive this courtyard. I've seen many babies try. Unless they just happen to fledge on a Tuesday morning, and are flying strong by the following Monday, the Monday landscaping will do them in. Lawn mowers, edgers, leaf blowers, the poison sprayed everywhere, all over all the ground and bushes and grass and all the nice brushy places fledglings like to hide. They spray weekly, this crew. I worry about Avalanche out there, she and I both barefoot in the grass together, but what can you do.
Why are they nesting in June? Maybe they know something we don't.
Avalanche just came and curled up at my feet at the desk - I moved into my room to write about the crows. And the soft avalanche reference. (I named her instagram account softestavalanche).
The book (Mink River) makes my head all dreamy feeling. Which is a nice counterbalance to the headache.
