Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans.
What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
11 comments:
Congratulations to your Lovely Daughter (and you!)
WOW!
HOORAY!
at such a young age, too ;)
Hurrah for Lovely Daughter and her Marvelous Mother!!
What a gorgeous picture. Congratulations to her, and you.
WOW!!!!! You should be incredibly unabashedly proud! Give her hugs from me. That's wonderful.
Well goodness, I can certainly see why! What a cutie!
(((((to both of you))))
Congratulations to that most lovely daughter! And of course to the proud parents!!
That photo...what a sweetheart.
Mich
WOW! Congratulations to you both!
You have every right to be proud! Congratulations to the Lovely Daughter for all her hard work and persistence.
I remember when we got the news that Portia was elected to PBK that I burst into tears!
Word verification: cooth
PBK is very, very cooth!!!!
Awesome! And at Willamette too! (Great school!)
What everyone already said...and my oh my what a gorgeous little girl she was!
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