Howdee all,
Yes..call me Fickle
I have fallen in Love Again..
♥
This time with a Peacock!
Peacock Display
He approaches her, trailing his whole fortune,
Perfectly cocksure, and suddenly spreads
The huge fan of his tail for her amazement.
Each turquoise and purple, black-horned, walleyed quill
Comes quivering forward, an amphitheatric shell
For his most fortunate audience: her alone.
He plumes himself. He shakes his brassily gold
Wings and rump in a dance, lifting his claws
Stiff-legged under the great bulge of his breast.
And she strolls calmly away, pecking and pausing,
All these seeds spread just for her in the dirt.
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So….Females have been ignoring the males~
from what I have seen so far..
But Not me…
Well I can certainly understand how you fell for this brilliant fellow. Jeff must be very understanding. Those colors almost hurt the eyes, of which the tail looks to carry many. But just a little noisy aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI can see why you've fallen in love. I wouldn't be able to get anything else done for watching! Gorgeous images of the display.
ReplyDeleteFABulous vibrant display.
ReplyDeleteWow, how cool!!
ReplyDeleteOh how stunning! Looks like Mr Peacock has found himself a new ladyfriend. ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of color!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous series, I especially like the first.
ReplyDeleteI once stayed in a place where a Peacock roosted in a tree outside the window. At about 4 in the morning he would start wailing. I began looking for recipes for Peacock soup!!
How could you do this to Mr. Crab? HE thought love was blind!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Lisa
He's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who lives in a small village in England. A male peacock escaped from a truck several years ago as he and a female peacock were being delivered to another town. "Basil," as the villagers have named him, has been terrorizing them ever since, grousing at residents and bullying their pets.
No one has the nerve to try and catch him. Too bad--they could FedEx him to your campground. :)
Great post, Dawn - I love the use of the poem and the way you wove in the photos. It's funny how the guys work so hard sometimes and the gals are so, well, blase. I just put up a post with a couple photos of peacocks here in my NYC neighborhood! A huge church here has 3 free-roaming males (including one pure white beauty) on their property - gifts (I was told) from the Bronx Zoo.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are so vibrant and bright.... If I could be a bird, it might be this one... unreal!
ReplyDeleteThe last picture looks like a painting
ReplyDeleteDawn, I just hope Jeff is not jealous! (Perhaps we should paint him peacock blue?)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Love the poems in this and the previous post!
ReplyDeleteThanks Friends and family for you comments on this post about my new love Mr. Peacock.
ReplyDeleteThese guys are noisy as Gaelyn and Harold mentioned..they are alarm clocks in the morning...
They are sooo amazingly colorful..beautiful when the sun shines on them.
merrilymarylee ~you can have them fedex that bird to me..I would love to have it stay with us..:)
Thanks again folks!
See you in cyberspace..
and who knows..
maybe we will meet in real life..
let me know if i am close to your home..I love good coffee ..bird friendly of course...:)