STOP! Go no further until you have guessed whose feathers are in the Header Shot.
Yes. Well admittedly that was not hard. Mr Flowers is officially strutting his stuff.
And here is something you seldom see in the mash of pretty peacock shots in the Social media.
A peacock From Behind! A proud peacocks bottom. (Proud in every sense of the word). Such a lovely fluffy bottom.
You have to be very careful when you take a shot of a peacock with his train raised. If Mr Flowers sees me – all the intention drains out of his .. um .. feathers and he droops. Stage fright. So I was lucky to get these shots through the window.
Mr Flowers is like a cat. When in doubt – Wash.
Alex my grumpy teddy bear cow.
Cow Art. The cows often eat out of her boot. The car (a Chrysler New Yorker 1966 which was used as a parts car when John rebuilt the convertible of the same year) is sulking because I am feeding the cows out in the field. She is listing to starboard. At least I think it is starboard – I am facing aft – and starboard is always on the left if you are facing aft.. I think. I had better ask Mr Google. My father used to build boats you would think I would know this without checking! I am turning into a Land Lubber!
Last night the colours of the sun setting in the West were caught by a cloud flying with great determination across the East. He is like a bird this cloud.
I hope you have a lovely day!
love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
74 responses to “Feathers Unfurled”
Well, I have never seen a peacock from behind! And those beautiful little feathers along the arc of the display look like little flying birds! Nice photos.
Such a fancy Farmy bird!
That cloud is something to behold. Bird. Sealth plane. Space saucer. Maybe even how G. M. Hopkins saw God:
“. . . the Holy Ghost over the bent / world broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.”
What a gorgeous cloud. Growing up, a rancher friend raised peacocks and fainting goats. (He was really a high school principal who enjoyed creature – ones that didn’t talk back ) His wife always collected peacock feathers to hand out to the kids. I had forgotten how fluffy and funny their rear view looks.
Your dad built boats? No wonder you like big skies and wide spaces.
That last image is amazing! And such a cute fluffy bottom. 😃
Mr. Flowers has a lot of stuff to strut. You did a great job capturing the sheen of his plumage. And you’re right, only here do we see “the other side.”