It was New Years Day that a flock of ravens made it to my yard. Hundreds it seemed. Each year my yard seems to be their resting place before heading onward south. Ironic that my first day of 2010 I should have such visitors from these controversial birds that seem to get a bad rap...but of course my spirituality has a deeper understanding of these witty creatures that have the innate ability of mimicking human words...(amazing)

They came to my home New Years Day, I had ran out to the local Mickey D's for some coffee and when I had returned I saw (and heard them)in the trees across the street from my house. It was like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds... My daughter and her boyfriend said I had just missed them on my lawn, which to me was a real bummer. As I came in to drink my coffee and surf the net, lo and behold here they came again...yet for another break on what they must find to be an inviting lawn....the birds filled the ground and trees...what a mystic sight to see as I managed to get the camera and click this beautiful yet "eery" photo. And a line from Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven rings in my ear, But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling

Peace out...