Release

white doves against the sky
Doves

On Sunday, I was part of a Pet Memorial Sunday celebration with a customer who performs pet cremations. I am also her customer, so there is always a lot of remembering there. The final part of the ceremony is a release of six white doves, lovingly managed by their caretaker. They are calm and friendly doves, and I always get to hold one of them. They usually circle three to five times then head for home, and always arrive long before the human does on regular roads. This time, however, they continued circling for almost five full minutes in the warm and breezy afternoon sunlight, up against the sky. We thank them in the ceremony for helping us let go of our pets as they fly free into the sky, and it almost felt as if our pets were communicating back to us that they found it difficult to leave. We all shared a sense of wonder in watching them.

. . . . . . .

Follow me on Instagram.

Visit my photography galleries on Portraits of Animals.

All images used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission. Please ask if you are interested in using one in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of this image or a product including this image, visit my galleries of Photography on Portraits of Animals to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit “Custom Prints” for availability and terms. I'll be more than happy to make a print for you.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Discover more from Today

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading