Ajijaakwag

Photo copyright Wings, 2014; all rights reserved.

Ajijaakwag, for whom I am named, arrived today.

Four flocks, we believe. We don't often get to see them arrive for the winter, headed for their migratory home in the mountains just north of us here. In years that we're lucky, we may get to see a few of them leave.

They haven't been around much in recent years anyway; climate change, probably. So this was a special blessing, on top of the snow that's still coming down. I went out a little while ago, into the cold, no jacket, no gloves, no boots, and burned some cedar.

To say thank you.