Shadow & Jackie

#SOL25 Day 013 

I've been obsessed with watching Shadow and Jackie bringing in their 3 eaglets this Spring. My sweetheart and I turn on the Eagle cam and just leave it on the TV and listen to the wind, the peeps of baby eagles getting their bits of fish and bird, the conversations between Jackie and Shadow, and us wondering what they're saying. 
This afternoon the rain came to So Cal and Big Bear, and we watched the nest fill with snow around and on Jackie as she covered her babies. The wind ripped through the top of the tree and we watched it sway and felt our own calm as we're now both down with the flu and recovering together. Tonight a last check showed Jackie with wings spread, her beak parked into the snow, a wide and feathery cocoon over her babies. Wild things. They just keep going, keep moving, doing what they need to do to survive, and never feeling sorry for themselves. Despite still being sick, I had to sit in a 4-hour meeting today but took a 20-minute exit to head to another meeting, and when the zoom popped open there were smiles and happiness from my peers at seeing my face, and I gave my part of the committee report, and it felt nice to be wanted to be seen and celebrated for being present and alive. Then back to the 4-hour meeting, sitting in a sad zoom with people pecking away on their keyboards at home as we waited for mediation news going back and forth. 

So I thought of Jackie and Shadow. Parked myself and set up my cocoon. 

Afterwards, my sweetheart and I had a good late lunch, slept for two hours to the Jackie & Shadow live cam, woke and made hot tea and lemon, had a nice dinner, and now we're cocooned. The bright moon is outside and tomorrow there will be more rain, but we'll be warm, here, in our nest together. 

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