MONDAY MOURNING DOVES

good mourning doves...

The Bradford Pear Tree fall trio.

By chance this morning, I did see

The Mourning Doves in the old pear tree.

All told were five when they came to roost

In rays of sun, my heart they boost.

All God's creatures are welcome here

In perfect peace no harm to fear

Bringing Beauty from far and near

To grace my backyard drear.

©Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart

The tree is old and still it yields fall colors that are pleasing to the eye.  The birds seem to love it where the branches are bare and come to sit in the morning sun.  Bill has pruned back most all of this Bradford Pear tree in hopes of stimulating new growth and health for the new year and God will do the rest.

Mourning Doves

Good Monday Morning to you all! We have always loved Mourning Doves and are blessed that we are able to see them up close and personal where they nest every year in the palm tree. They do not even mind when my husband climbs the ladder to get a face to face shot! Their nature is so calm and they seem so at peace with themselves and the world. I can understand why Noah would send the dove to seek land in the hope that the flood waters had receded in Genesis: 8.10 .

Do visit Donna at Mourning Dove Cottage site. http://donnas-art.blogspot.com . Donna's site is filled with color from her magical garden and her dachshunds, Otis and Riley seem to fit right in. You will have to smile! That is what I love about Blogging. Each friend brings you to another and we all have something in common, love of nature and expression of that place inside us that urges us to create.

Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove

You greet us each morning with your cooing love

Gentle soul upon the branch of tree

Thank you for bringing joy to me!

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