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My Creator, today grant me the wisdom to seek Your wisdom. Help me to Walk of the Red Road.
 
Victorian Crowned Pigeon
This is Vivian the Victorian Crowned Pigeon that I met on Friday~
 
She's on loan to the Niagara Falls Aviary which is located in Niagara Falls, Canada.
 
http://www.niagarafallsaviary.com/welcome/aboutus/
 
She's actually on loan to the Aviary from the Toronto Zoo~
 
http://torontozoo.com/Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=640
 
And more can be found about Vivian's species here~
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Crowned_Pigeon
 
Gregory and I took two of our children to Niagara Falls, Canada on Friday while he was here from Maryland visiting and we had a phenomenal time.
 
The main atrium of the Aviary is huge and definitely worth seeing if you're ever up this way, the other two rooms are very nice but it's the main atrium that caught my interest. All of the birds are free flying (except for the Lorikeets as you can feed them in an enclosure) and the birds will walk or fly right up to you as you observe them.
 
Vivian was walking around and at first I thought she was a he and some sort of peacock. I was wrong, she's a pigeon. She's not quite the kind of pigeon I'm used to seeing and as you can read she's made quite a impression on me. As you all know by now I have quite the interest in totems and the following is from~
 
http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/pigeon.htm
 

"Pigeon can teach us how to find our way back to the security of home. It can help you remember and find the love of home that was lost. If a Pigeon totem comes to you, ask yourself if you have forgotten your foundation, your heritage. Return to your home, your foundation, and draw upon the loving energies surrounding them. In times of strife, huddle together with your family and draw upon its strength. Pigeon reminds us of the possibility of a loving and safe home."

 

For everyone a totem has a different meaning and while some words may have a special meaning today that meaning could transfigure and become those same words can new become new again in a different manner tomorrow.

 

For many people, including me, finding your way home takes on special signifigance. For me, being adopted has always made me feel as though I was living outside myself. For years now I have been trying to find my way home and this past weekend I saw a side of myself that I hadn't seen in a long, long time. So when Vivian showed up and I was referencing what the pigeon totem means (to me) I realized that parts of me have in fact found their way home. i believe in following your heart, your north star, the light if you wil,l and finding your way home. And no one ever said it would be easy... it's not. To the outside world, looking in, I appear as I always do~ to myself I feel that my world has shifted upside down. Gregory assures me that my world has in fact not turned upside down, but is in fact finally turning right side up. Gregory always an interesting if not accurate analysis of the way the universe truly works.

 
 
 
 
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