The bird bath is up because the brook has been dry, and the mourning doves are the ones enjoying it the most. Every day I see one there - the same one, I like to think - sitting quietly, facing out and tail in, usually. They are quiet, simple birds and this seems in keeping with their ways.
I heard this today in a podcast - the quote is from Josef Pieper, the podcast from Christopher Perrin:
"Contemplation is a knowledge about what is present, and thinking is knowledge about what is absent."
Interesting quote!
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