Yesterday I drove I -35, otherwise known as The Great River Road that runs parallel to the Mighty Mississippi and divides the state borders of Minnesota and Iowa with Wisconsin. There was a time in my life that I thought I would never see Bald Eagles or even Great Blue Herons other than the one that resided on a pond near my college campus. The Mississippi and surrounding bluffs are awash with wildlife this spring. It is a fitting Earth Day Post to write how much I reveled in the beautiful surrounds near my home yesterday. Having completed a writing challenge in March, I saw many clever ways to catalog observations rather than writing a narrative. So, here we go:
On A Sunny Spring Day on the way to Iowa I saw:
Ten Trains Rolling
Nine Boats Rowing
Eight Cranes Standing
Seven Seagulls Gliding
Six Mallards Quacking
Five Barges Moving
Four Motorcycles Speeding
Three Great Blue Herons Wading
Two Eagles Soaring
One Turkey Vulture Perching
The Apples in My Orchard 