Seagulls

July 4th, 2020, Delaware Seashore State Park, DE

I was almost a kid when I first read Jonathan Livingston Seagull, old enough to understand that the passion that consumed him was "flying better and better" but not much more. I read it again when I was in my first year at College and since then I take it up every once in a while, always having an “Aha moment” in my life with some of the phrases.

Since then, seagulls have been very special to me: My inner child looks for Jonathan Livingston in each one and I usually spend my time observing them that I rarely photograph them.

But this weekend of Independence Day was special: It was also my mother's second birthday after her passage to the rainbow and they understood my mood.

“… He learned to fly and did not regret the price he had paid.”