Feathers in the Sky!

After we buried our little bluebird, I kept thinking about his beautiful blue feathers. I didn't take any from his tail because I didn't want to desecrate his plumage. Bob said that when he saw the bird, there were feathers left in the grass. So I went outside this morning to find them. We had a heavy storm yesterday evening and branches were scattered all over the back lawn. So I started cleaning up the remnants and discovered a patch of tiny little blue feathers. So I picked them up and put them in a plastic bag to make a reminder of his time here. There were blue flecks through them; but they looked like fuzzy white peep feathers. I put them between laminating film and made a suncatcher. Mom gave me a bluebird suncatcher and I have it hung in my "Pink Paradise" workroom. So I tied and knotted a blue ribbon to the feather plaque and hung them high in the sky beside the bluebirds. It's a small connection to our "Bluebird of Happiness."

Rest in Peace, little Bluebird!

Bob went out in the yard today, checking out the lawn and flowers. He came in to tell me that he found our "Bluebird of Happiness." It was lying in the grass, dead. I went outside and found it behind the neighbor's pool. The children, playing it the swimming pool, came over to see the poor little bluebird laying in the grass. He was a blue streak, still and lifeless with his little eyes sunken in his head. I said that the bird would have to be buried. So I went inside and found a bright blue piece of velvet material, the same shade as the bird, and took it outside. Cory, our neighbor, came over to look at the little bird lying on the grass. She said that she saw it in the tree the other day. Most of the earth was dry and hard and we buried it in the soft ground beside her house. Cory dug a deep hole and I lay the bird gently into the ground. We both covered it up securely and I said a prayer that the Bluebird of Happiness would bring Cory happiness for giving it a dignified burial. It was a sad time today under the blue sky and the hot sun!