Category Archives: Reflection

SIGNS OF THE KINGDOM

By rbarnett | Published: December 3, 2012
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. — Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) Opal and I had not seen a hummingbird at the feeder beside our little apricot tree for over a month—until the morning of the first Sunday in Advent, just as the apricot leaves began to turn [...]
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Spring Migrations

By rbarnett | Published: March 15, 2012
“Hon, see the Sandhill Cranes,” Opal called one bright morning last week. Absorbed in my task, I would have missed seeing the hundreds of cranes migrating north through the Hill Country of Central Texas this spring—almost overhead and flying high enough for their calls to barely reach us. The flock divided, swirled and circled in an [...]
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Christmas Visitors – 4

By rbarnett | Published: December 29, 2011
We have not seen one of our little Christmas visitors since the morning of Christmas Day. We identified him as an immature Rufous Hummingbird. He claimed the feeder outside our kitchen window, leaving the other to the Black-chinneds, and guarded it through most of the day. We named the little fellow “Brownie”, and we wonder [...]
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