Drops of Beauty #439

“…this fallible, fabulous human race, this improbably, beautiful planet in space…” - Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, “For This I Walk Outside”Hello friends! I just received Susan Tweit’s beautiful new book, “Earthbound”, and this poem was on the first page I opened. That page was titled, “gratitude for the gift of life.” Find a copy at your local bookstore or order it here! If you want to learn more about Susan, her substack is a great place to start!Here are my photo choices for today:October 20, 2026 - scootie cooties in the sunrise!So many bluebirds this week! I think there were at least 50 one day!Still a few butterflies around! (Pearl crescent butterfly)Tough crowd! (Franklin’s gulls)I still have so many avocet photos to go through - what a treat!I think my hummingbird finally departed. I haven’t seen him since Monday!When you have an itch and all you have to scratch it is a huge, webbed foot!I just have to get in a few more photos of that lovely snowy egret - because SNOWY EGRET!“One…