I have a park, Balboa Park not far from where I live now and try to get there almost daily. It has lots of beautiful trees, flowers and different types of animals and critters. There are so many birds flying around, singing that I hear and sometimes see up close because I have binoculars. I see ones of different colors and sizes. Some are blue, brown, yellow and of course the pigeons and black crows. I even a couple of times saw some big cranes that I think flew out of the zoo and they can stand still and not move for a very long time and think they are not alive. It is a joy to me and a pasttime that I have been doing more since the work I have been doing slowed down since mid-March. I enjoy it so much and every time is a new experience.
I see lots of squirrels (I call them squirrely whirleys) and are not supposed to feed them, but I just leave my food scraps that would compost anyway and let them do what they want. The last few times I had corn cobs broken up into pieces and the squirrel grabs it in its mouth and runs away to hide because other squirrels would try to get it from them and once saw 2 squirrels chasing 1 that had the corn cob. The other day there was a bigger piece and the squirrel took it with all paws because too big to put in the mouth. Some of them know me already and I speak to them in Hebrew and some come right up to me and have had them even sniff my toes and their paws touched my skirt and 1 even climbed up on the lower portion of my skirt, but then shooed it off because not sure if is a good idea. Lately their have been lots more baby squirrels and they are so cute and little. They get scared of dogs, so have there own distress signal that sound to alert the others and it a squeaky noise and then they run very fast and disappear far away from their supposed danger. I say to them,”what the squeak?” Sometimes is a false alarm and then after they come back to where they were before.
I also hear and/or see hummingbirds and some have such beautiful colors. I know the sounds they make, that is why I know it is a hummingbird. Sometimes I can look at them for a while because are perched on a branch and not flittering around fast. I also see butterflies and lizards and talk to them, too.
I have lately been seeing lots of bunny rabbits and I enjoy watching them munch on the grass and run from place to place. I could spend hours watching them. They are so cute and are smart eaters because consume vegetation that is natural, fresh and raw. The other day I saw 6 bunnies. 1 was in a different area then usual and it stood up for me on its hind legs and was very close to me and then ran away. The other 5 were in an area where like to graze and stand at a distance with my binoculars to observe them. There were 2 little ones and 3 bigger ones. They are scared of people and dogs, but not if there is a bird or squirrel near them.
It is such a pleasure to have this place at my disposal to connect with things that I enjoy and give me joy and something to do that can relax and also be healing. I hope each one of you can find something like this, too and spend the time doing it, as it is worth snd to me is better then any show, movie, sporting event, concert, etc could ever be, as real things are happening with the creations of The Almighty G-d.
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