Westward Ho!

Steve and I are headed to northern California for five days of book related events. Half of the events are joint, featuring both my book and Steve’s, and the other half are food and wine events celebrating Steve’s new memoir. So I have queued up a collection of feather photos for us this week. I chose photos that celebrate the diversity of purpose and form in feather design. You’ve seen several sandhill crane feathers from me ever since we inherited a nesting pair of cranes two summer’s ago, but most of those feathers have been hard-edged flight feathers. This downy under-feather provided insulation not flight. I think it’s dreamy.

sandhill crane downy feather