It was a beautiful day in the mountains today. I took a short walk with my mom and a long walk with my dad. We took notice of all the flowers, bushes, and trees blooming almost as we watched. We walked down to a creek at the bottom of a hill where the forest floor was covered with assorted tiny plants among the towering evergreens and aspen. The small white fluffy clouds came and went during the day making for ever changing scenery as the sun shone on different parts of the hills. I took way too many pictures. Early this morning, my mom made hummingbird food and put the feeders out. We enjoyed watching the tiny birds discover their new feast. There were various birds visiting the wild bird feeders as well. This evening, I heard the wings of a fairly large bird. I looked over to see what it was, but caught only a brief glance before it took off. I tried describing it to my mom and dad who know much more about the different species than I do. “It was larger than a robin, had a long pointy beak, was tannish with stripes on it’s wings . . . it looked like one of those (long pause) . . . flickers.” I have no idea where the word “flicker” came from. I suppose it was stored back deep in my head somewhere. We looked up the picture of a flicker and sure enough, that is exactly what it was. We had a pretty good laugh over that one.

I Found God today in a funny moment and enjoying nature.