I had to laugh when I finished my lunch yesterday. I’ve been getting a lot of owl visitations lately. In preparation for giving birth I found an old book plate with a drawing of a beautiful Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa). He was hung in my bedroom to watch over me and officially named “Harold”.
The night I went into labor much to my amazement I heard an owl screeching at about 3 o’clock in the morning. I had never heard one before in all the years I have lived here. So my chosen animal guide helper was calling his friends I think. It must have worked because the birth went amazingly well and my little girl popped out with an explosion of water (my water broke right before she appeared).
I have been learning a lot about animal medicine from my dear friend Pixie. I would encourage you to be open to some animal magic in your own world! They bring you some really great messages if you open your ears and mind to them.
1:04 pm
Congratulations!
3:51 pm
me and my friend decided one really late night that we should try to find our totem animal, after a long time with my eyes closed i finally saw the outline of a moose ~ i’m not sure how i came to a moose, but it stood for something along the lines of awkward grace, which is very much like me.
congratualtions on a successful birth. i have a similar owl picture. but instead its a tawny owl.
4:54 pm
My dad’s mother was big into owls and there were gorgeous images of them everywhere in her home. When Graham, Gus, & I were traveling in CA this summer we saw a huge white one fly across the sky in broad daylight. It was INCREDIBLE. Magical! Like nothing we’d ever seen. xo
12:21 am
First off, CONGRATS your new addition and healthy birth! Second, thanks for sharing your story. I enjoy hearing about intuitive visuals and messages like that. I guess her lucky animal will be an owl now ;) You should make her a special owl charm or something in that manner. Best to you and your family!
12:44 am
So fortuitous, this topic. In our reading rotation lately is a book by childrens’ author Patricia Polacco called I Can Hear The Sun, which is a beautiful story of a boy and his connection to the birds around Lake Merritt in Oakland. A sad, beautiful parable on the magic of listening to animals. Perhaps T would enjoy this too sometime in the near future?
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3:21 am
I like the idea very much – especially after I have spent quite some time lately with work on reconnecting with nature. How beautiful to know you found some guidance there.
And I don’t seem to be the only one here with an affinity to red kites. :) They’ve been special to me for years, and after I saw the first one out in nature about a year ago I fell completely in love with them. They make me feel so calm and comfortable whenever I see them.
3:30 am
There use to be this lovely shop on our main street. A woman worked there, who was a shaman I believe. She asked the first day I walked in if she could do a reading on me. I let her and it led to the discovery of my animal spirit, totem what have you … a large owl which she says has its wings around my shoulders. I think it makes since since my mind is , I believe, one of my strongest points.
7:11 am
“Waiter, there’s an owl in my soup”
“That’s not an owl, that’s a limited edition, Keri Smith, site-specific artwork. Highly collectable.”
“Is there a vegetarian option?”
9:20 am
I’d never thought much about animal magic until a rather large, white barred owl appeared on my mailbox one evening. My three kids and I were in the car, turning in the driveway and stopped to stare at it. One daughter whispered, “Mommy, do you think he’s delivering our invitations to Hogwarts?”
12:44 pm
Love this!! WE are marinating in the hidden universe at all times- and the messages come to us in so many magical wasy- if we are paying attention- adore Owls and jut finishinga book on totems that you might like – here is a freebie I am sharing of it:) Thanks Sarah
