Thanksgiving Ritual

Ritual and Poem by Lady of the Shadows

While preparing your thanksgiving feast for your family, remember that it is Mother Earth who takes care of us.  Without her love, none of the food we eat would exist.  As a way of thanking her for a fruitful harvest, bake some cornbread or pumpkin bread.  Use less sugar than you normally would and add birdseed and eggshells. 

The bread can be prepared before Thanksgiving as the holidays get hectic for everyone.

Then, on Thanksgiving during the day, go outside and break it into pieces.  Throw the pieces on the ground as an offering.

For each piece you break off, thank Mother Nature for one of the many blessings she brings to your life.  Not only will you please her, but your feathered friends will be happy as well.

For those of us who don't celebrate Thanksgiving, this ritual can still be used to thank Mother Earth.  For those of us that do, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are some sites with bread recipes that are safe and healthy for birds:

http://www.theaviary.com/recipes.shtml

http://www.cockatielcottage.net/biscuitsnbones/maincc.html

http://www.simplypets.com/recipes/showRecipe.php3?id=765

I Am Thankful

I am thankful for the cool wind blowing threw my hair

(c) Kelli Sposato