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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: FEATHER (08/20/20)
It was hanging gracefully from a hook attached to her ear lobe at the side of her neck. It was a rich blue eye spot with shades of green, copper and brown round it. That earring was made of a peacock feather. How exotic it looked. I watched it with envy as I wished to make myself a pair. The lady in question was a passerby. I saw her once and never again. However, her earrings made an impact on me.

Peacock feather hunting became a pass time after school hours. I gathered a number of feathers, but I was never satisfied. There were always too small. Apart from that I actually did not know which type of feather was needed. Most of the feathers that I collected were down feathers. After keeping them for years in a safe place, I threw them away. That ended my obsession with peacock feathers.

Twenty years later after I had forgotten my obsession with peacock feathers, a peacock graced the premises of my workplace. Every day like clockwork it arrived and walked the grounds after 9 hrs in the morning, at 12 noon and just before 5 p.m. It would wander around and eat the vegetables the Gardner was tending to in the backyard. One thing that I noted was that although it came every day, it never shed a feather. At least I never got to see one. I would search the grounds but not find one. If the peacock did not turn up for a week, I would get concerned.

One day as I waited hoping to see the peacock arrive, I saw it at a distance. A cat was trying to chase it. The peacock turned around and spread out its raised tail feathers. It turned around majestically and I saw how bright and colourful it was. My quest for a peacock feather ended that day despite picking up a feather. God had made the peacock beautiful for a purpose. Maybe the many eye spots frightened the cat. It did not go near the peacock again. Each feather did its work to protect the peacock. Jewellery enhances the beauty of a woman. Feathers protect birds and make them beautiful.

Job 39:13 (KJV) Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Leola Ogle
08/27/20
I enjoyed your story. I, too, love peacock feathers, although I've never owned any of it as jewelry. God bless.
C D Swanson 
08/27/20
Great story, and right on topic. I love peacock feathers as well. I think a lot of women do, at least the ones I know.

As a little girl when I went to the zoo with my mom and dad, I'd love seeing the Peacocks. And I actually got to take a couple of them home. I had them for years.

Thanks for sharing this with us, well done,

Blessings~
Barbara Culler 
08/27/20
I also like peacocks,especially their colors. I love all the blues and greens. I'm sure you can buy the feathers in a craft store, some small enough to make into earrings.
Sue Botte 
08/30/20
Thank you for sharing.
Gloria Pierre Dean
09/01/20
I am truly amazed whenever I see a peacock. I too can stand for hours watching them; such beauty created by God! Thanks for increasing our pleasure.
C D Swanson 
09/05/20
Congrats!
Blessings~