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Ocotillo Birds?

February 23, 2012 by 3 Comments
Ocotillo Birds?

Ocotillo Birds? © 2012 Bo Mackison

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy; pure creative energy.   ~ Julia Cameron

I watched this ocotillo for quite a while. Long enough that its long spindly branches quivered with the breezes. Every time the ocotillo shook, the red flowers at the very ends of the stalks reminded me of baby birds, their beaks open wide, begging for food from their Mama.

I laughed and laughed and laughed. Who knew the desert had such a honed sense of humor?

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She laughs with the desert, in the desert.

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About Bo Mackison

I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

Comments

  1. Marcie says
    February 24, 2012 at 6:55 am

    Oh yes – I can see those baby birds to…with their beaks opening and closing and crying out to be fed!! Love it!

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  2. Debi says
    February 24, 2012 at 8:11 am

    Hahaha! Ocotillo birds – yes, only Bo would see that and laugh and laugh and laugh. Those Park Rangers mentioned earlier would love to have been a ocotillo bird themselves to watch their resident Northerner laugh in the desert. Cute!

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  3. Robin says
    February 27, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo — baby birds. So glad you’re laughing and laughing and laughing. 🙂

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