Day 234 - a Year by the Sea

August 22, 2007 by OrientSee.

A bunch of the egret boys were hanging out by the creek. Belle Isle Marsh is very much a part of its urban surroundings, houses, roads, boats and planes. It’s hard to see that the city can contain such sights as these Snowies and Great Egrets just standing around. That is until you look at the kids hanging around and all of a sudden you realize that they’re just another bunch. This bunch is all white feathers and long gawky legs but really not that different. The marsh can’t exclude the city. You don’t look very far without seeing the touch of people. It’s not opposites coexisting with each other. We really are neighbors. I always enjoy hearing people around here nodding their heads with agreement and pleasure when talking about the marsh. No one ever wants to go back to the days of a drive-in movie theater specializing in seedy porn flicks. A lot of people enjoy the marsh without ever saying much. It’s our local thing.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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