static on the line

"I wish that you could see me when I'm flying in my dreams. The way I laugh there way up high. The way I look when I fly. The way I live... the way I fly." ~ Patty Griffin

It's winter. There's static in the air ... it buzzes across phone lines that stretch the 1535 miles that divide us. Through cities .. across fields .. over state lines: this silence is heavy. It comes from conversations gone limp, from all the summer and fall conversations. From all the talk of life and death and the space that lingers in between us buzzing with nothing but static.

When it's all been said, there is little left to say. But we keep reaching out in our disconnect, just to know we are each on the other end of this line. You don't always understand me these days. And so to fill your silences and mute this static, I ramble about the birds flying overhead and how they reminded me of that one time, you remember? When I was little and you carried me through Boston? Remember my son is that age now, and I seldom carry him anymore but when I do I think of you and how strong you were. And the birds... oh, the birds were soaring overhead so gracefully awaiting spring much like we are now ... landing and taking flight again, lifting off from the phone lines that connect us now with all this static.

It's March now. I'm feeling the silence of our winter. Mourning the disconnection. Hushing the static. And finding the beauty of birds in flight.

Care to ramble just to keep us connected? Have you done any bird watching lately?

Comments

[georgia]

oh, every single link you have posted is wonderful! and so is the photo you used for this post. just adoring it. magical!

i LOVE to watch and photograph birds. it's something i want to do more of and practice more of.
here are some of my favorites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4232188087/in/set-72157623001359839/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4232116565/in/set-72157623001359839/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4229674833/in/set-72157623001359839/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4229684133/in/set-72157623001359839/

[JoLyn]

Your photo is beautiful. Here are the results of my bird watching....

http://www.ayearofhappyphotos.com/2010/02/22-miniature-majesty.html

http://www.ayearofhappyphotos.com/2010/01/9-resting-on-a-wire.html

[Tracey of These Nine Acres]

Yes! I have done my fair share of bird watching lately. As a matter of fact, I just took a feather photo today for my project 365 image.

Here is my favorite bird photo of recent:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4314431167_aa14642229_o.jpg

And of course everyone needs a self portrait of themselves feeding the birds ;0)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4269103563_4c87973b1b_o.jpg

And bird feathers are a delight to work macro magic with:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4400924711_4cb890037d_o.jpg

Thanks for letting us share!

[FireMom]

Thanks for the link. That's one of my favorite as well!

I just got a new camera yesterday and took this shot yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsjennahatfield/4401032379/


And this one is my all time favorite cardinal shot, though it's of the female. The snow was just perfect:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsjennahatfield/4244703723/

Love checking out all the others now. I lovelovelove birds!

[Marcie]

Oh..the birds!! I'm just beginning to hear them chatter. This was captured last spring:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=718

[spread your wings]

taken exactly one year ago today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/4293477128/in/set-72157623382447685/
and funny thing is it's snowing today too.

[Jaclyn]

I took the kids birdwatching a few weeks ago, and was amazed by how fearless they were! The birds that is... not the kids. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47034011@N02/4401874826/in/set-72157623416850477/

[Diane]

I sure have, on a recent trip to Sidney, BC:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/4372409213/

[Crystal]

I'm so happy to see the birds returning to our neighborhood...warmer weather is coming!

http://endlessvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-friday.html

[BlessedMess]

I shot a few quick frame of this gull landing on a light post. Was happy to see this one when I got home....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12418609@N00/3798071842/in/set-72157623463406760/

[PJ Taylor]

I love taking pics of birds at the beach! Here's a couple of shots taken in February:

waiting their turn:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybluemuse/4348823163/

caught in flight:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybluemuse/4351331933/in/photostream/

[Joy]

What a wonderful post. So touching and thoughtful. And as if that wasn't good enough, birds on wires are an absolutely guilty photography pleasure of mine.

http://www.joyschmoll.com/2009/07/un-momento-por-favor/
http://www.joyschmoll.com/contact/

[Aubrey]

Weird coincidence....
I know you are not so much liking the "static" today...but today we were learning about it.
I miss outside too. I want spring.

http://365daysofnormal.blogspot.com/

[Vanessa]

oh, i'm a sucker for our feathered friends...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/4310320066/in/set-72157607616272693/

[damiec]

Beautiful image and such heartfelt words.

I'm funny about birds - I love to photograph them, but I have a life-long fear of being pooped on from above - so I can't get too close.

Here are two from the past week:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4385560059/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4394747909/

[Kate @ Little House]

Oh, oh, oh.... lovely shots all. sigh... :)

I love birds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30297021@N02/4344925456/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30297021@N02/4048531362/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30297021@N02/3075769014/in/photostream/

[lucy]

thanks for this hearfelt post --- and the beautiful bird photos, one and all.

there's a wonderful book for young people that i read in 5th or 6th grade called "the summer birds" by penelope farmer, about a little boy who moves to a town and teaches the children to fly. reading it i felt like it might be possible.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyloomis/4123216450/in/set-72157622969816124/

[Dana (Buttercupyaya)]

I don't have a bird photo to share or rambling that could in any way sit in the vacinity of yours.

you brought tears to my eyes.
Moved.
I am simply moved.

Thank you.

[heather]

lovely post...

a bird I watched today...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/topsyturvydays/4402509259/

[emily]

I love Patty Griffin! In fact, I'm going to go turn on some Children Running Through right now.

[indigo2087]

I love watching birds, too.

http://www.indigo2087.blogspot.com/2009/08/birds.html

[Kara]

One of my favorite pics is of an little black bird :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketchuplover/2930513276/in/set-72157623450573454/

[DorkyMum]

Here is a picture of a swan on the pond near our home

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorkymum/4316378974/

And this is a shot of a bird that I met while out for a walk when we were in SC for Thanksgiving last year. It's not a great shot, but I uploaded it in the hope that someone could help me out by identifying it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorkymum/4314260760/

[elk]

birds are poetry if you really see them . and the lines as well . such a metaphor for life this day


always the questions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/4290822105

[Audrey]

So, I stumbled here and I thought, "What an awesome image."

And then I saw the Patty Griffin lyric. She is one of my favorites.

Then I read your post. It is beautiful. I could relate. And my chest feels full and a little achey.

[maile]

I knew this was a meredith image before even looking. Gorgeous image, and such a lovely post.

[www.wishfulthinking.typepad.com]

I'm a bit obsessed with birds on a wire.... here was one of my latest.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferwhite/4253157398/

[Julie Alvarez]

Not recently, but I have a few birds through my lens...:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4035819139/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3253871866/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2831952758/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/2831951516/

[Ashley Adams : Postcard Printing]

this will be just perfect for my wall! if you are contemplating getting this picture printed, you can try http://www.psprint.com/postcards

[Crystal]

Speaking of static... http://www.flickr.com/photos/krstlchik/4413116843/

[sarah]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradleysofaustin/4420375986/

[Jacqueline]

Stylish little bird I came across in Bali

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44864996@N08/4130752550/in/set-72157622865903966/