wandering sails: 09.2007

the duck.

one morning, back in july, i was peacefully curled up under my quilt, listening to the sounds of morning. i had a lot to do that day, but it was saturday, which meant that i didn't have to get up early and drive. i didn't have to spend my morning with people. my mind could wander, my eyes could be still. and so, around 8 o'clock, i was enjoying my morning in bed when an enormous crash shook my walls and windows and brought me promptly to my feet.

what tree just fell on my house??? oh, my word. as i'm rushing through the house, looking out all the windows and up at the ceilings (being utterly convinced the only thing that could make such a racket really would be a tree on my roof), i becoming more and more confused. something had to have hit my house. my windows rattled. my bed shook. shaking my head, and having found nothing, i decided to go back to bed. i still had another fifteen minutes and i wasn't going to waste them.

as i walked back through the front room, i glanced at the front window. what's that stuff running down my window? gross.

now, it's important to know that i live on a sweet little street in a small town, just around a mile away from the closest body of water. there are no boggy marshes or gently flowing streams anywhere nearer than the lake. and now, knowing this, you can imagine my surprise when, upon further inspection, i saw a female wood duck sitting on my front porch.

i have had june bugs hit my window. i have had hummingbirds and robins hit my windows. i happen to know that these things have hit other windows on other houses as well. but i have never heard of a duck mistaking an unreflective porch window for open skies.

God's got some pretty crazy alarm clocks.

posted by julie @ 9:03 AM 4 comments

wandering sails

9.25.2007

poll.

9.24.2007

the duck.

About Me

the other things

blogging friends

previous posts

archives