It's all in the timing ...!

 I go for my walks regularly, almost religiously but in the morning as it is peaceful hence rejuvenating. But the inclement rains have successfully breached this walk routine...skies  pour down and then what you get to experience is a lake like situation in which to venture out  is like hens trying to walk in a pond...!! I decided to reinvent my walk routine...and on the spur of moment wore my shoes, just after having consumed my lunch and took off to a forest area in my vicinity...

It turned out be absolutely a novel and an eye-opening but also a refreshing experience..!! As I entered and reached a little deep into the forest, on to the walking tracks ...it was quite still  and quiet, walking on  mesmerized by the silence, I waited for  some nature's sounds . The silence was almost absolute - so much so that I could hear my own footfalls ... disquieting !!! Very occasionally broken only by a lone Twitter, chirp and sqeak !  very similar to our indian homes you know siesta time !  Could see a one or two 🐿️ squirt by...or bird or two flitting from one branch to another.

 Probably the nests were empty or could be only she- bird was  there tending to her home or better enjoying her siesta-time 🛌,in her nest( house)- hold, as we humans do...!

To add to the experience, the branches laden with lush green leaves- washed and glinting - swaying gently to the wand of the winds, as if a conductor in heaven was invisibly directing the live  soundless orchestra ! What an experience... totally exhilarating ! wanting  💆throw out my arms to feel and embrace the whole creation...!

Gushing came the memories of my  evening walks...how totally in contrast  to this , today!! In the evening time it  istotal cacophony...chaotic ambience as you walk 👣on the same tracks through the same forested area...high decibels of excited and exuberant but continuous chirping, twittering, sqeaking, and Cooing . Almost similar to tea-time in our own homes when each of  the family members meet to share experiences after having spent day outside - schools, offices in other work spaces excitedly speaking over each other ... bonding together at the table through conversation!

Imagine Birds doing the same  - flight path,  encounters and  challenges,  who they met on the way, their success in finding enough food, new nest - such sharing on their nesting  boughs...with their faces beaming 😁 with happiness  !!! And the Mother 🐦Bird looking on with pride at her  family in her warm 'nest -hearth' .

Come to think of it - how close we are to all the other life .... heartwarming 💕isn't it ?