Comments on: A Clear Day on Clear Lake: Birdwatching Heaven by Janet Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2009/11/25/a-clear-day-on-clear-lake-birdwatching-heaven-by-janet-riehl/ Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janet Grace Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2009/11/25/a-clear-day-on-clear-lake-birdwatching-heaven-by-janet-riehl/comment-page-1/#comment-4960 Janet Grace Riehl Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:35:15 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3151#comment-4960 Arletta, thanks for this luscious description to augment my time in nature. I, too, love the sand hill cranes. We used to see clouds of them at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. Arletta, thanks for this luscious description to augment my time in nature. I, too, love the sand hill cranes. We used to see clouds of them at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico.

]]> By: Arletta Dawdy http://www.riehlife.com/2009/11/25/a-clear-day-on-clear-lake-birdwatching-heaven-by-janet-riehl/comment-page-1/#comment-4959 Arletta Dawdy Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:44:05 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/?p=3151#comment-4959 HI Janet, It is so easy to envision your day on Clearlake through your words and my own memories there. On Friday, I was at Lake Michigan with my daughter Shannon and family, picking up stones, a possible Sandhill Crane feather and bits of driftwood. The day was warm with strong sunshine overhead and drifting layers of cloud holding the promise of things to come. The waves lapped gently if ocean-like and the color of the water shifted from blue to green and shades in between. Reluctant to leave, we headed south to Jasper Pulaski Nature Preserve further south in Indiana. Here, the Cranes announced their sunset arrival in a chorus of some 14,000. The sky was filled with orange and reds of a beautiful sunset while humans clustered and bumped along the viewing tower to get one more picture, one more sighting. It was a grand mid-westeern day added to a grand two weeks of lovely visits and visual and spiritual gifts. Sorry to miss you as we traversed the continent in our opposing directions. Best to you and your Dad. Love, Arletta HI Janet,
It is so easy to envision your day on Clearlake through your words and my own memories there.

On Friday, I was at Lake Michigan with my daughter Shannon and family, picking up stones, a possible Sandhill Crane feather and bits of driftwood. The day was warm with strong sunshine overhead and drifting layers of cloud holding the promise of things to come. The waves lapped gently if ocean-like and the color of the water shifted from blue to green and shades in between.

Reluctant to leave, we headed south to Jasper Pulaski Nature Preserve further south in Indiana. Here, the Cranes announced their sunset arrival in a chorus of some 14,000. The sky was filled with orange and reds of a beautiful sunset while humans clustered and bumped along the viewing tower to get one more picture, one more sighting.

It was a grand mid-westeern day added to a grand two weeks of lovely visits and visual and spiritual gifts.

Sorry to miss you as we traversed the continent in our opposing directions. Best to you and your Dad.

Love,
Arletta

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