Friday, November 28, 2008

Owl sighting


This morning on my morning walk, Maya and I came across an owl. I believe it was a grey owl, although I am not an expert on these things. This beautiful creature flew about 10 feet in front of us and then perched on a tree across the road and watched us. I wish I could have sat down there and stayed with it, watching. I had another incredible owl encounter about a year ago. I was with my sister Naomi on Salt Spring Island and we were hiking to the top of Mount Maxwell and there sat an owl in the middle of the day off the road. Owl sightings, and particularly this mornings, feel me with such a sense of peace, wonder and joy. To read more about owl symbolism click here.

1 comments:

Naomi said...

That is so cool Leah. I remember that owl sighting on Salt Spring Island. A few months ago, Curtis and I were driving home from the grocery store and I saw a barn owl perched on a speed limit sign. His eyes were gold and shining from the headlights. It was night. It seemed like it was staring right at me. It is such an ausome feeling, I think the owl is becoming my favorite animal. there is a forest right next to the library we go to and owls roost in the trees. every once in while you can hear them hooing when I drop books off at night and such. It is really cool, especially since owls are associated with books and libraries!