The Stillness Of The Speed Of Life
Personal memory by Tyler Morrison
2009 • Northampton, NY, USA
I was young, and to be honest I can't remember the year. I was out in the garden on a warm summer morning and I heard the low pitched wing beats of a humming bird. It was a rather large one and most of the time they were timid. The bird was not afraid of me and I pet its back as it just let me and then it flew away. I was so happy since I could never have thought about touching a hummingbird. To this day, they are my favorite species of bird and I always cherish sitting outside and watching them.
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