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Observation in Grand Rapids, Michigan Parking Lot

By Terry & Bonnie Westbrook

Real Estate Agent with Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner

October 20, 2009 08:41 AM

We are so busy and distracted in our lives, we often walk right by things that

are interesting or novel. It just takes a moment to notice and it can

certainly change your outlook and maybe.... make you smile.

We were in a store shopping for kitchen hardware for a new listing the other day.

It was a cold, windy day and we were backing out of our parking spot, when we

noticed two little ones that had found a warm, safe place to sit for a few moments.

big red SUV

This close up below shows them much better.

2 little sparrows sitting on a SUV tire

Were the tires warm?

Are they looking for food ?

We don't know the answers but it gave us a little different perspective on the day.

We were inside a nice warm car with a nice warm lunch we had just finished. These two little

sparrows were happy to find a temporary shelter hoping to glean a crumb or two from

people coming and going in the parking lot. The natural world is just a glance away.

Are you looking??

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Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Terry - Nature is never very far away ... we just have to take the time to see all that is offered.

Oct 20, 2009 04:11 PM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Terry, we see things like this quite often, usually when it gets colder so I am thinking that the tires are warm or something to that effect.

Oct 20, 2009 05:36 PM

Jenny Kotulak

RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage - Oakville, ON

Broker - Oakville Ontario Real Estate

I guess they were just watching the world go by from their little resting spot.

Oct 20, 2009 05:57 PM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Great photo. Surely this would make this a perfect entry in some photo contest somewhere.

Oct 21, 2009 12:20 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA

Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Having turned into an avid birder, I am a bit ashamed that for much of my adult life, I never really noticed birds. They all looked like sparrows or were brown to me. Now I see them everywhere I go, and a huge variety of birds. Sometimes we need to tune out the world and look at it from a different perspective. Nature, it's all around us if only we would look.

Great post, Terry!

Oct 21, 2009 02:13 AM

Diane Daley

Caron's Gateway Real Estate - Northumberland, NH

Very nice story and post thanks for sharing, we should all try to see things differently a mind like a parachute only works when it's open...

Oct 21, 2009 03:39 AM

Debi Boucher

Real Estate Showcase Photography - Woodland Park, CO

"Realtor Showcase" - Real Estate Photography/Virtual Tours

Hi Terry - I would have missed them if not for the close up! Very cool!

Debi

Oct 21, 2009 05:29 AM

Terry & Bonnie Westbrook

Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner - Grand Rapids, MI

Westbrook Realty - Grand Rapids Forest Hills MI Re

Kathy: we do get busy and miss some of what is happening right next to us.

Oct 21, 2009 06:42 AM

Tony and Darcy: That's what I thought the tires were warm and it was a nice protected place. What goes on in a birds brain?

Oct 21, 2009 06:44 AM

Jenny: we were too and if I had not looked closely they would have been missed.

Oct 21, 2009 06:45 AM

Margaret: I wonder how many opportunities we have every day to take photos like this and miss them?

Oct 21, 2009 06:46 AM

Elizabeth: We have snow and winter months coming. We feed the birds and have them close to our windows all winter long. I guess we do take them for granted.

Oct 21, 2009 06:48 AM

Caron: Good to have it working once in a while.

Oct 21, 2009 06:49 AM

Debi: We almost missed them but we thought it was a cute photo.

Oct 21, 2009 06:50 AM

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