finding its way June 11, 2026

There needs to be something within that you tap into when you want to fulfill your dreams! It takes an inner strength and determination to turn that dream into a reality.  If you have that spark for life, you will find your way to that day when you make the dream come true. 

If you read my last post, you will recognize this painting!  The swept back petals of the Shooting Star flowers  resemble a meteor streaking across the sky, finding its way.  These flowers symbolize fulfillment of dreams.

Calgary has a celebrity in town!  This Red-headed Woodpecker found its way to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary a few days ago.  A few of you bloggers that I follow, from other locations far from here, have shared your sightings of Red-headed Woodpeckers in your area.  My thoughts when reading your posts were, oh I will never see one of those unless I travel to where you live.  I saw the Woodpecker two days ago but did not capture good photos.  I went back today, knowing I could do better and I did.  This photo is cropped quite a bit.  I was so excited to see this celebrity!

The red star shows where it found its way to here in Calgary.  You can see from the chart where it should be.  While admiring the bird, we wondered how long would it stay here.  When will it carry on finding its way to where it should be!  

This is my watercolour painting of the Red-headed Woodpecker. I used my photo above as a reference.  I knew nothing about it, so did some homework.  I learned because of its bright crimson head, it is often tied to the spark of life and an inner strength. We love having this celebrity in town, yet I do hope it finds its way home!

As with the Shooting Star painting above, you will recognize this watercolour painting of Forgetmenot Flowers from a photo in  my post dated June 8th.  Of course, something named Forgetmenot is going to represent lasting connections.  I find when I get to live out my dreams, many connections are made in the journey along the way to getting there and also when I arrive. These connections in whatever form, at whatever level, in some way or another, capture a piece of my heart.  

I had that need today to go back to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary with hopes the Red-headed Woodpecker would still be there.  I found my way there and eventually was happy to see the Woodpecker had not left to find its way.  A few of us gathered, chatted,  kept our eyes peeled for the prize, connected by having a common goal. After spending loads of time admiring the Woodpecker as it flew from tree to tree and capturing many photos, I was ready to leave and find my way home, leaving behind a little piece of my heart!