Above, Below, Beyond
Gavin Lee
After many years of swimming indoors, it’s been an experience going back to the outdoor pool where we used to swim. The light is dazzling, colors are bright and vivid, the air so fresh, a flood of sensations. It makes me a little dizzy, trying to take everything in all at once. I love seeing blue above, below, all around. Watching white clouds drifting as I’m doing backstroke is like being in a dream. And then there are the birds. One day we witness an aerial battle: a murder of crows dive bombing a Cooper’s hawk. Another morning we arrive, greeted by the familiar high pitched, soft, sweet whistling calls of cedar waxwings. They’re perched high in a tree, all facing the same direction, taking turns darting into a red berry bush to feed. As they fly away they make a pattern of dark little crosses scattering into the blue sky.
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Thank you to Luke, Jeannie and Sue for today:)
