Sunday, May 25, 2014

Poetically Ominous

As we were eating breakfast this morning, Scott caught a glimpse of an eerie sight.We live right next to an old derelict Episcopal church. It's no longer used, and in the evening you can occasionally see bats flying in and out of the old bell tower vents. This morning perched on the top of the weather-beaten wooden cross sat a vulture, still as a statue, wings held out like the cross he had mounted.



Isn't that strange? Scott was speculating that in a different era, that would be a bad omen that meant some sort of evil was approaching. I felt Edgar Allen Poe-ish, or maybe more accurate with the religious undertones, Nathaniel Hawthorne-esque. It was kind of surreal and exciting to see such a sight.

We ended the day with a poetic setting, too. Our children danced in the circle of a rainbow! It has been a beautiful day. Hooray for a holiday weekend! Can't wait to play again tomorrow.


1 comment:

Galen said...

From Wikipedia: This vulture is often seen standing in a spread-winged stance. The stance is believed to serve multiple functions: drying the wings, warming the body, and baking off bacteria. It is practiced more often following damp or rainy nights.