A week after finding my Osprey tail feather, this nearly 16″ wing feather of what I believe to be from a Pelican showed up – a first for me. Not only did being a long wing feather feel significant energetically, but I stumbled upon this wonderful “Birds in Alchemy” article that included Pelican as one of the states of the alchemical process. It resonated very much: http://www.crystalinks.com/birdsalchemy.html

This beautiful little sacred stone cairn was right next to where I stationed myself on the beach. I love the unique stones in it, the marbled one at top, the inclusion of a branch, but of course the tiny, light feather of the air that was placed at the top (anchored under the white stone) in contrast to the foundational, earthy stones

I saw this sweet little angelic feather just after coming upon a sea gull that had very recently transitioned. I was so taken by the beauty, grace, and peaceful energy of the sea gull, both feeling the sadness of goodbye and the freedom of expansion. This little feather reminds me of the image in my Angels in Disguise post.

This was a beautiful sight…a pair of majestic Egrets. I have never seen two together before at the beach. I’ve only seen one on its own and it’s a rare sighting even at that. But two felt significant. This image of one in flight behind the other I just love. http://funkman.org/animal/bird/greatwhiteegret.html

I LOVE the Sanderlings and Snowy Plovers that show up on the beach at different intervals. Today there were so many, more than I’ve seen and they were so lovely standing peacefully together or nestled breast to sand. I love how they move together as a collective and their timing is so in sync with Nature. When their little feet glide quickly over the sand it makes me giggle.

Osprey seems to be prevalent in my life right now. It had been a long time since they showed up, but never with so much presence and connection with me, as lately. After finding the Osprey tail feather last weekend, I found yet another Osprey feather and a direct, moving encounter. Coming out of an elevated meditative place, I opened my eyes to see Osprey appear in front and circle low around me once, with feet and talons out looking at me directly, then continued on his way. Returned three more times then later found him perched eating his catch for the day.

On my walk I saw this sweet white Moth caught in the sand at the water’s edge. I was taken right away by her beautiful pastel aqua and lavender under-wings and pure energy. I gently and carefully picked her up wondering if she had already transitioned, but in fact her little legs moved. She’d been waterlogged and unable to fly.

So I held her giving her Reiki and took her over to a raised area far from the water and placed her on a flat, dry spot right next to some plants and flowers for her and tenderly opened her wings so she could dry and rest in all her glory. I discovered one of her wings was damaged, but she seemed to fight for life continuing to move her legs and antennae. I knew that she’d have a rough go at it with a broken wing, but I would provide her every chance to live as fully as she could, or transition in peace and glory. I read that insect wings don’t grow back or heal, but I empowered her wings as they were – perfect and beautiful. They say a moth with a broken wing won’t recover, but she was loved and honored and in her safer surroundings she can choose her path for her remaining time, rather than walked on or drowned.

For only the second time ever did I come across these magickal little pink and orange sea cucumbers on the beach. Just two on this day…again that pairing like the Egrets. The last time I’d seen tons lining the beach. And now, I’m in awe, as I was looking for the blog post link to share, so you can read their symbolism and just discovered the synchronicity of this sighting.

http://tinyurl.com/seacucumbers this is the link to my post and if you look at the title and its date, it was posted almost exactly one year ago: Reflections on the Current Intensities & Today’s Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Aries October 18th, 2013! And tomorrow on the 8th we will be revisiting a Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Aries again, along with a Blood Moon. There is an obvious connection with these sea cucumbers and this moon phase. You can read their symbolism and my insights in the post linked.

Although you can’t see it well in the photo, nearing the end of the afternoon I had to smile when I saw this parasail that had a giant yellow smiley face on it. 🙂

The seagulls also started to surround me, as they sat peacefully gazing at the horizon, listening for the music in the sunset along with me.

And as I made my way back up the cliff to leave, my eye caught this…a heart footprint. The only one in all the footprints left behind by those who walked this path. ❤