An Unexpected Surprise

Part of our weekday morning routine here at the Pop homestead is our telling Mr. Pop goodbye as he leaves for work. Since Murphy the dog has a bit of a memory problem he has to see Mr. Pop get in his truck as he leaves. If Murphy doesn’t see this, he spends the whole day looking around the house trying to find Mr. Pop.

So yesterday morning I hooked Murphy’s leash to his collar and outside we went. We, Murphy and I, were watching as Mr. Pop loaded his briefcase and gym bag into the truck. Mr. Pop looked toward the sky and said, “Look!”. I looked up to see a very large bird flying our way. At first I thought it was just a vulture flying very low, but as it flew over our yard I realized what we were seeing. It was an bald eagle.

Because it was flying so low there was no doubt of it’s identity. The white head and white tail were very easy to see.

We know there are bald eagles not too many miles from here, but having one fly over our yard and grace us with its beauty was a totally unexpected surprise and one wonderful way to start any day.