I said to the Great Wise Owl who stood at the gate of ‘Shedland’:
“Give me owl vision that I may see in the darkness.” And the Owl replied:
“Go forth into the darkness and flap your arms——as beating wings.
That shall be to you better than sight and safer than on foot, lest you should trip on a tree stump or fallen branch!”
So I flapped, and finding I could magically fly, swooped silently into the blackness. Tu-whit, tu-whoooooooooo…
Adapted from ‘The Gate of The Year’ by Minnie Louise Haskins.
Owl Sanctuary. Even by day – light only filters in at the edge.
A film of Shedland’s owls in complete velvety blackness, interrupted only by the sound of silence…
3rd. June 2018 – an update. Unfortunately my recording has been ‘accidentally’ deleted from my son’s YouTube account and is no longer available! tu-whit, tu-whoooooooooo)o:
My daily and nightly inspiration.
I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”
And he replied:
“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
Dear Melanie
I wanted to pop by and say hello. I often reflect on your poetic words and interesting rambles (we just don’t have that here in Oz where I live). I made a painting from your adventure with the owl and the car. Are you on Instagram? I think you would enjoy this medium especially to showcase your evocative photos -I’m there as poppys.storytime
I hope you are well. kind wishes Tina Poppy
G’day dear Tina Poppy! Pleased to ‘meet’ you, thank you for visiting and I appreciate your comment very much. Sorry I have not replied earlier – at long last I have had my Internet connection restored after a period of almost five weeks without it – an external fault that was out of my control!!! Hopefully I’ll be blogging again soon…
I have tried to find your Instagram page but alas I can’t find, please will you send a link – I’d love to see your photos? Thank you for your suggestion, I shall consider joining. At the moment though I’m just enjoying the thrill of being back online and being able to communicate by email again!!!! Til next…X
Hello – Yay I’m so glad it was just a technical glitch, I imagine you may be snowed under as well. Here is my insta link https://www.instagram.com/poppys.storytime/
I would love to see you over there – otherwise I pop back to your lovely blog as often as I can. cheers (from horribly sunny Oz-I wish I was snowed in.) Tina
Dear Tina, thank you for your link. Love your clever dolls – especially this beautiful one… https://www.instagram.com/p/BZaXuFzDKQa/?taken-by=poppys.storytime. I have a bit of a thing about straw bonnets – http://somethingaboutdartmoor.com/2016/11/27/emily-bronte-an-inspiration-bonnets-paper-lace/ – enjoy. Love Melanie X