Slow Down and Enjoy Nature

I was getting frustrated as I was rushing to get to work yesterday. It had suddenly started snowing and the roads were slick. I was driving slow and thinking about how there was a good chance I was going to be late, which I absolutely hate. It wasn’t like I was going to be late to sit at a desk. I was on my way to talk to a class of 3-5 years about child abuse; safe vs. unsafe touches and how the blue ribbon serves as a reminder to grownups to “keep kids safe”.

The car in front of me was slowing down even more and that’s when I saw a white bird on the other side of the street in the middle of the lane. I was on a residential road about a mile and a half from my house.  My initial thought was that it was a goose which I knew made absolutely no sense, so I thought oh it must be a turkey that would make sense! Then I realized, no it wasn’t a turkey, only the head was white! It was a beautiful bald eagle that was in the road not injured as I originally thought but with a squirrel in its talons! It flew overhead to a field to eat. I pulled over and wished I had been able to take a picture but it was too far away at this point and I sat on the side of the road for a minute or two while I watched three crows fly down around it. Yeah right like a bald eagle with a seven foot wingspan is going to share with three cawing blackbirds! Not a chance, and it didn’t even flinch when they landed.

I continued on to work with a smile on my face and a reminder that in spite/despite the snow and ice I live in a beautiful part of the country.