First animal you see in the morning!

Good morning...

The first animal I saw this morning was a rabbit. I LOVE rabbits :)

[link to www.wildspeak.com]

"All rabbits indicate an energy of increase and decrease. There are times when your life is filled with abundance and fecundity, and times when there will be nothing at all, and no resources to pull from. This natural ebb and flow of life and death, energy and lack there of, cannot be fought against and is something that needs to be accepted as a natural cycle. Rabbit reminds us to accept this cycle, and to embrace it."

Good reminder for me today.

I saw a negro, what's that mean?

first sight was two dogs fucking....what does this say about me?

Haven't seen any wild animals for days.. but today a downy woodpecker.


Woodpecker's Wisdom Includes:

Connection to the earth
Ability to find hidden layers
Understands rhythms, cycles and patterns
Warnings
Prophecy
Associated with thunder
The Earth's drummer
Pecks away at deception until the truth is revealed

Their flight patterns are unique. Woodpeckers fly up, coast down then fly upwards again. Those with this totem often find that their path in life will not always conform to society's standards and that their personal unique rhythm needs to be honored. Woodpeckers teach us to honor our personal truth and move through life with perseverance and inner strength. By staying grounded in our pursuits our goals can be obtained.

Woodpeckers are opportunists. They know when to fly out from a perch to catch insects in the air or on the ground. Their barbed tongues and strong chiseled beaks symbolize life lessons associated with discernment and proper use of speech for those with this totem.

[link to www.birdclan.org]

I did not see an animal yet this morning, but last night I dreamed of a tree full of cedar waxwings.. a hawthorn tree.

I was in the middle of a garden full of flowers, really unusual flowers that were all in bloom, and I was pointing out to people that I had planted all those flowers years ago. I had also planted a small hawthorn tree, now full grown.. which was filled with cedar waxwings in my dream. I had trouble convincing everyone that I had planted all these things years ago. So there must be something about waxwings and hawthorn trees, but I haven't found much.

Waxwing
Keynote: Gentleness and Courtesy
Cycle of Power: Spring - Summer

Awesome! Turns out the Hawthorn is a Celtic symbol of Christmas!

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It gets it's name from the Greek word ~Kratos~ meaning ~strong~ and ~powerful.~ The fruit of the hawthorn resembles a small apple and is called a ~Haw~ or ~Hawberry~ and is often eaten by birds. Manitoulin, locals use them for jams or jellies, giving them the name ~Haweaters.~

According to legend, the Glastonbury thorn is connected with Christ's death as well as his birth. It is said that soon after the death of Christ, Joseph of Arimathea came to Britain to spread the message of Christianity. He travelled with is his staff. Being tired, he lay down to rest and he pushed his staff into the ground beside him. When he awoke, he found that the staff had taken root and begun to grow and blossom. He left it there and it has flowered every Christmas and every spring. It is also said that a puritan trying to cut down the tree was blinded by a splinter of the wood before he could do so. The original thorn eventually died but not before many cuttings had been taken. It is one of these cuttings is in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey today. Ever since at Glastonbury Abbey, England - the name by which that Avalon is known - on Christmas Eve the white thorn buds and blooms.

The tree, is said to always bloom on Christmas night, even after its twin stems were uprooted during the Civil War.The castaway fragments are said to have taken root, wherever they fell.
There is a tradition in England that a branch of the Glastonbury Thorn is taken and displayed each year in Buckingham Palace.
In England, Hawthorns are cultivated for hedges ~haw means hedge.~ The flowers are associated with May Day, and the hawthorn has long been used as a symbol of spring in English poetry.

[link to www.angelfire.com]

I have three large wild male turkeys hanging out in the yard this last week in about 2ft of snow.

Thank you for asking.

Wild turkeys are a great totem and the reason why I started looking into this myself years ago!

Today's totem animal: Nuthatch


Nuthatch:
Nuthatch teaches grounding of spiritual energies along with faith and trust in the realms of spiritual and physical. Nuthatch shows how to move in many directions in search for spiritual and mental "food", sometimes head first is needed but rest assured, Nuthatch will also show how to hang on with amazing agility. Nuthatch is also a bird of ingenuity. Perhaps it is time to be creative and find solutions in new areas? Do you need to crack something open before your reap rewards? Nuthatch can demonstrate rebuilding or refurbishing your own dwelling to suit you better. Is it a mental/emotional over hall or a physical/construction one? In any case, he will bring attention to details in moving from one phase to another. It is time be sharp and aware.

So funny to find this. I saw the Northern Flicker first thing this morning, looked it up on Google and the second entry links right here to glp' where I hang out all the time. Great synchronicity!!!