Beams

I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again

Percy Bysshe Shelly

Through Window - II

Through The Living Room Window

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis

I am fairly certain that this is a first year Ring-billed Gull - with the variegated markings along the head, neck and upper breast instead of the all white coloration of the mature bird

 

Puddle Duck