Deer tracks and quail wings....

Deer tracks and quail wings....



Last year I saw my first quail angels...instead if snow angels by people, this is by quail...

When they take off from the snow, the prints of their wings and bodies is fluttered into the snow, looking like an angel...(in my view)....

I have been shoveling snow for the last three days, making paths for myself, the dogs, the neighbors, the deer and the birds....yesterday , I went out to clean up after the wind rearranged the snow yet again, and found the deer had been interested in my bird feeder and reached over the fence to lick it clean, their prints all around.   The quail, who are ground feeders, benefitted by the deer feeding frenzy. Their prints were all over the ground, with their perfect snow angels several different places...looking like I had been visited by small angels....

What a thought, we had all benefitted by one another...the deer liked the shoveled out trail, the bird seed, the quail liked the seeds as well and I appreciated the exercise and the sightings of the visitors....

It seems like life is like that a lot of the time, we do something simple and many benefit by the act....giving, a smile, a hug, a gift, a listening ear, a word of encouragement,  a pedicure,  time, a wander through a store.....so many little things.....

Probably, the deer and the birds didn't realize they were helping one another,  but that is what the picture was for me....one another with angels....

Thank YOU for all of the ways You teach us if we watch, wait and listen....thank you, thank you...

Psalm 147:16
He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

Isaiah 55:10
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

Psalm 34:7
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

2 Corinthians 13:11b
.....encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Galatians 5:13b
..... serve one another humbly in love.

Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 5:19
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

Colossians 3:16
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.