Five Ducklings Feeding

Five ducklings feeding The back of the camper bus proudly sported the family seven yellow stickers ducks five little ducklings in a line feeding on life presented to the world growth sustenance nourishment and meaning For every fellow traveller to ponder smile anticipate what little team was to alight at temporary destinations sheltered tented playgrounds swings and roundabouts cul-de-sacs and traffic lights To get all ducks into a row once they emerged enriched our little feeding station food bank vital well and fields of plenty needed diverse and un-divided attention chaos letting go Meal times at times with rubber ducks in bathtubs burping passing winds of change incorporating kilojoules compassion love and swirling compromise uncertain certainty floated in the ocean of life yet to be swum and dived in with the buoyancy of living Little duckling was still small and sat beside as older sister eager helper supervisor when our triplet power three in one as courtesy of nature and individual little mouths to feed lay on their backs on sleeping bags as wonderment in waiting for the spoon with apple mush and cinnamon to take its turn to reach their gums To complete the pentagon of childish folly serious fun and exploration another little duckling observed from inside womb in its fertile spring to yet conjoin the river contemplated when and where to splash out into beauty question marks and tribulations sparkling brotherhood and food for life and pleasure whirlpools cascades and little ripples The spoon went one to one and to another next to here and there forward backward and beyond my wildest expectations of what food and feeding holding precious gifts in hand released from nature into nature ingesting measured unimaginable and definite provision nurtures nourishes what was what is The birds have flown the nest they feed and feed me just the same and it is not just those trivial stickers sign posts on the buzling bus and more than ever and for every one who wants to see the picture depiction metaphor the unsurpassed experience which reminds me of simplicity of gratitude and feeling warm inside 24th May 2016