The Pelican Forecast: An Angel Message

Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty;

believe me, that Angel's hand is there.

    Fra Giovanni

 

Whenever a pelican appears, I'm thankful for the angel reminder to stay buoyant-- Be like a pelican and float like a schooner on the waves. And, no matter how far down you plummet for a catch, you too can quickly pop back up to the surface. Unsinkable. 

 

A recent "find" at the flea market popped up in my hand bringing a grateful smile.  Handcarved in Peru from steatite at a giveaway price for $1, I welcomed the symbol on weathering life's storms.   In spite of being light weight, sometimes pelicans have difficulty taking off from the water.  Yet, they still manage to do so.  A reminder that our inner spirit can free us from whatever is weighing us down.  We are unsinkable in our spirit. Water is a symbol of emotions, and emotions often try to sink us.  Like the pelican, we too can not be overcome by the tides of emotions if we stay buoyant.

 For fun, I looked up steatite (soapstone).  It has to do with movement and widening one's horizons.  And can assist in "changing tides" to get ready for new situations and new challenges.  This stone has a calming energy both stimulating one into action while providing inner peace.  Release old routines and create new loving environments. Pink is the color of Love--we swim in a sea of eternity, divine Love, ever buoyant...floating on tides of heaven.

Remember you are never alone, God has sent His angels to watch over you.  The best is yet to be.

Love and peace,

 Rae Karen



Woody Woodpecker: Angel Message

 

Yesterday, a nature messenger appeared out of the blue.  A large pileated woodpecker; one I haven't seen in a long, long  while. Its red-crested head, camouflaged by the leafy branches, drummed out a new rhythm on the tree trunk.   I hurried outside for a photo.

Whenever a woodpecker shows up, the message brings a gift of discernment: you now have a firm foundation to safely move in any direction following your own rhythm.  New mental faculties are awakening, stimulating new rhythms in your life.  

Change is in the air... and with the assistance of our angels and the Holy Spirit we cannot help but be at the right place at the right time. 

Remember you are never alone, no matter what...you are in the presence of loving angels appointed to guide and watch over you.   The best is yet to be. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen

A Fearless Blue Jay: An Angel Message

A blue jay came calling this morning...making a loud puckering sound. He landed by a mound of cracked corn for breakfast. It's been years since a blue jay has paid a visit.   In 2015, a resourceful jay swooped down from the tree to raid the cat food bowl on the back stoop. Repeating his daring routine, from the tree to the bowl, one nugget at a time while the cat napped on the patio. Jays are known to be fearless, and the bird-feeder was empty. A blue jay is known to easily adapted to whatever is necessary to survive.  Food is food when you're hungry.

When a blue jay appears, a time of greater adaptability is at hand.  Resourcefulness will soon unfold.  The blue jay can also help to connect with the deepest mysteries of the earth and heaven. But we must stay focused, and follow-through in order to feed our soul. 

Another message the blue jay delivers...is a reminder to finish what you've started before beginning something new. Don't leave projects dangling, bring them to completion.  (I have a long list.)  

Interesting that when a blue jay appears, it may reflect lessons in using your own power appropriately. A reminder not to allow yourself to be placed in a position in which power is misused against you as well. The Golden Rule is the best practice, treat others as you would like them to treat you.

Enjoy your day with the Angels.

Love and blessings,


Rae Karen

Holding On to Our Stuff: An Angel Message

 
Saturday, on my way out the library door, I grabbed a book on display, a last minute checkout.  Napoleon Hill's Action Activities for Health, Wealth & Happiness. 

 

Turns out, one story of the humane capture of monkeys in Africa had a lesson for me regarding holding on to possessions.  Here is how it works.  Food is placed in a container with an opening big enough for a monkey's paw to reach inside. When the chimp grabs the treat, it naturally makes a fist around the banana, nuts, or whatever the temptation may be. Now it's stuck because in order to go free, he must let go.  His fist can't pass through the opening.  The "trap" is too heavy to carry around, and the monkey sits there, holding on to the treat. Stuck by his own desires, he is then easily captured.   

The lesson is relatable.  Sometimes we can carry around our problems and stubbornly refuse to give them up.  When help is offered, we tighten our grip, afraid of the results if we let go.   Arrogantly thinking we know what's best, stops people from ever acquiring anything better.  It prevents many people from becoming who they might have been.  

The book points out, the monkey's paw can also represent our possessions.  Afraid to release what we have to those who could put it to better use, we hang on letting our possessions control us.  Like the monkey, we have to release our hold on things before the Universe can bring freedom into our lives.  Letting go and letting God is a hard lesson to learn, but if we don't, we'll never advance to the new life that could be waiting for us.  

The lesson ends with a suggestion. Think about anything in your life that inhibits your growth or freedom. Like the monkey, it occurs because you allow it to occur. 

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Yesterday's mail drove this letting go message home.  A notecard photo of a cute chimp with his fist free in a promo packet. Angelic timing.  It looks like the little monkey is free to be, having let go. When we lessen our stronghold on life often we may be surprised by an abundance, a thanksgiving table of all the good God has to offer.

 

Remember whatever you're going through, you are never alone.  You are in the company of God's angels. The best is yet to be. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen     

A White-Tail Dove, Peace, Peace, Peace: Angel Message

 Yesterday morning, an unusual dove appeared.  I've seen white-tailed deer and cotton-tailed bunnies, but a gray dove, with a signature white-tail feather seemed like an angel messenger.  An amusing sign of peace. A white feather easy to track her path in the garden in the gray dawn.  I wondered about the other mourning doves, the smaller, slimmer ones. They got their feathers ruffled, shooing White Feather away from the plentiful corn. Not a problem, choosing peace, she let them be, moving to another cache of seed.  

A white-feathered dove is a rare sight--and, no time for me to grab my camera. I hoped for another chance to prove I'd actually seen her, and to let you see for yourself.  

Early this morning, what joy to see the peace dove again.  I was ready. Her white tail, a "tipping" point of light.  But, the focus through the screen door made the images grainy in the gray dawn.  But as the sun grew brighter, and with patience, the angels delivered surprisingly revealing the big picture.

More light had been shed after the photos were cropped. Little silver mirrors of light reflected off the round mica boulder.  A recent find for the Butterfly Garden. Curious, I looked up the symbolism.  Mica provides reflective qualities...regarding self-reflection. A lesson was forming and I read on:  "In each person you see but the reflection of that which you choose to have that person be."  In other words, faults in others are reflected first in self. 

 

I laughed a little...honestly, a ripple in my peace occurred while sharing the white-tail dove's visit at breakfast. Really? The angels have a sense of humorous timing...  A heads-up,  I realized I was losing my peace about a peace dove.  I needed to hold on to my peace like a white-tail feather, and not shake it off  in a huff.  Surrender to peace...like a white flag.

In closing, I recall an illustration about peace.  A dove roosts at home in a nest above two people in a relationship. But the first sign of disturbance, she must fly away, homeless in search of a home for peace.  A visual reminder for me to think peace before I open my mouth and leave the dove homeless. The Holy Spirit (the Dove) will always restore peace...It only takes a little willingness on my part to choose peace instead of the problem.  

Have a peaceful day with your Guardian Angel.  And, let peace prevail today.  The best is yet to be.

Love,

Rae Karen

Happy Be An Angel Day! August 22, 2025

August 22nd is National Be An Angel Day.  A special day to reach out and bless others.   Any small act of kindness brings a touch of heaven to earth.  

 

It takes a special someone

of a very special kind-

 

To touch our lives with tenderness,

warmth and love combined.

 

Your encouragement and comfort

you always seem to lend

 

It's what makes you so special

and such a true God-send.

 

So please accept this Angel

so you will always see

 

Just how special 

you truly are to me. 

       --Unknown

Happy Be An Angel Day!

Love and peace,

 

 

Rae Karen

Seeing the Connection in All Things: Angel Message

 Some people lift weights, but today another opportunity presented itself as a work-out. The second time this week to offer a lift.  Again, we were coming home from a garden center.  A big, heavy tortoise was crossing Main Street, at the edge of town, not far from the fire station. Traffic was at a standstill, yielding to this unlikely pedestrian.  The tortoise had crossed one lane, and was almost safely across to the other side, when he stopped. 

 A few days ago, the rescue, a lightweight turtle, had little resistance...but today I gulped, approaching the dusty, large helmet parked on the pavement.  When I reached down, he was heavy, giving a tug of resistance as I carried him. His logger head quickly ducked into his shell, but both arms and legs were clawing the air in a jerky motion, as I hurried to the other side. Once safely on the ground, he wasted no time, making tracks for the woods.   

Grateful to have helped, I wished him well on his journey.

Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth.  See the connection in all things.   It represents Mother Earth, longevity, and awakening to heightened sensibilities.  

Remember you are never alone.  You are always in the presence of your angels...ready to lift you up so you won't dash your foot upon a stone.  The best is yet to be. Have faith and keep doing your best.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen

ref: Animal-Speak, Ted Andrews

(older photo of tortoise)

A Loving Change of View: An Angel Message

 A little change of view, a shift in perception, can make a big difference... opening up a new window on life... It may begin by making a small adjustment, like the aperture on a camera lens that expands and brings life more clearly into focus. 

A tweak here and a tweak there. 

The divine lens of Love comes into focus. 

That's what happened this week.  Thanks to an angel nudge, I looked out the bedroom window and decided to enjoy the view of the garden from inside the house.  I rolled up the blinds, and laid on the  bed in a new position, my feet at the head, my head at the foot of the bed. Facing the old oak, I stacked pillows to prop me up so I could look out at nature.  Straggly long branches hung close to the ground, blocking the view. I got to work, pruning and moving the bench, hanging pots, to let more light in. 

Satisfied, I went to lay down and rest looking out at the new view.  The statue of Mother Mary with arms opened wide, welcomed love near the old oak. Love must have been in the air for two little squirrels climbed down from their nest in the treetop.  The animated pair enjoyed a game of tag round and round the old tree.  Something more was going on than met the eye.  I could hardly believe the little sweethearts soon stopped to rest on the fence post together.  Side by side, in the shade of the oak, they began kissing and hugging.  A wonderful vision of love and affection.     

Squirrel is about balance, in giving and receiving, in work and in play. 

 

Love will always make a way.  Often it begins with a small shift, a little willingness to see things differently.  

Before finishing the blog today, I laid down to rest, looking out the window at the garden,  Papa Sandhill Crane had stopped by for a visit.  He stood still for the longest time staring at Mother Mary in quiet communion...   I quickly zoomed in for a photo of the window view, adding more color to life, and went to sleep.

 

As I was waking up, a short afternoon downpour nourished the parched garden.  Soon the sun came out again, and like a tree at Christmas, the old oak lit up with tiny little water droplets outside the window. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen 

Photo: an older squirrels photo at our previous home

Half-Way There: Angel Message

Early this morning, we were on the way home from the local nursery with a backseat full of purple fall plants. The beautiful Archangel plant, named Angelonia, should have been a heads-up.  

An opportunity appeared...up ahead on the main rural road close to home.   

 My heart sunk...  A turtle had safely made it half-way across the two-lane road--with another lane to go!  Driving by, I got a glimpse of his head desperately stretched out of his shell, trying to decide the best way to go.  An angel nudge prompted a quick u-turn in hopes that we weren't too late for a rescue.   

He was still there, stranded.  Elliot pulled off on the grass by acres of wetland.  Jumping out, I could see how much I'd grown to willingly handle a turtle with my bare hands. But, thanks to the angels, I've learned it's never about me, but how can I help? 

An oncoming car slowed down and waited. I quickly grabbed the turtle near the rear.  (The safest place to hold on tight.) His wet shell told me he was leaving the marshy fields behind. Frightened, he quickly retreated into his shell, making an easier transport.  A boxed turtle... ready to go.  We were off...

With a sigh of relief, I gently set him down safely across the road on soft green grass.  "Here you go!" I made sure he was going the direction he first intended.  With a loving pat on his shell, my turtle friend  was happily on his way, and a whisper of thanks to the angels to watch over him.

That loving exchange made my day... It's an uplifting feeling to help another in distress, and to remember the helping hands that were extended in our hour of need.  At home, our weathered, concrete cherub riding on a turtle's back serves as a reminder. We are never alone. We each have our own angel companion as we run our own race and listen for guidance. Victory is assured.  The best is yet to be.  

 Love and peace,

Rae Karen 

An Amen Evening: Angel Message

What a special treat...yesterday at dusk, an angel messenger appeared.  A young deer stood still by the fence in the pasture, gently framed by two trees.  Her ears perked, eyes gazing in my direction... waiting...listening...watching.  In the twilight field, a pale quarter moon shown, a fingernail in the sky. I was thankful for the visitation.  When a deer appears, it's often an invitation to gently follow in a new direction.    And, then, she was gone... a quiet amen to evening prayers.  The best is yet to be.

Remember you are never alone..."God has given his angels charge over you to guide you in all your ways."   All that you need is within...seek and you will find. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen 

(photo: previous deer visitor, 2023)

An Unlikely Encounter: Angel Message

On Friday morning, the angels of nature made a clarion call.  Timothy Tortoise had returned after a long absence.  Whenever a tortoise appears, I'm reminded that slow and steady wins the race.  His first stop--the butterfly garden, but when I grabbed my camera he was gone.   Then there he was making tracks on the hot driveway pavement, racing like a hare toward the street. Whenever an animal appears on your path making a spectacle, it's most likely a heads-up angel message for a situation coming your way.  

All was harmonious...until the sandhill crane family showed up confirming a fear.  Strolling across the lawn toward the house, I worried.  What if Timothy met up with them.  Junior is curious, and can be a pecker. Thank goodness, the tortoise was moving down the long driveway in the opposite direction.    

But then, something happened. Timothy suddenly made a U-turn--like an army tanker rolling across the lawn toward the sandhill cranes.   Watching at the window, I tried to veer him off in another direction,  asking the angels for help.  

But the tortoise kept coming closer until the cranes took notice. A touch of amazing synchronicity made me wonder, what was going on?  Timothy had stopped beside our large tortoise garden statue. The tortoise was his size and he rested underneath the tall buttercup plants surrounding the statue. 

Six-pair of amber eyes peered over sharp, long beaks aimed down at the gopher tortoise.  Scrambling through the mulch bed, Timothy made it onto the wide-terraced steps.  But in order to step down to flat land, he had to find a safe way or risk taking a tumble and tipping over on his back.  Wisely, he quickly kept at it, checking the long ledge for an opening, but there was none.  The cranes were waiting at the other end where he needed to exit.  He had no choice, but to face his fears head-on.     

The adult cranes had lost interest and moved a short distance away.  But  Junior was fascinated and frightened by this strange rock rolling toward his clawed feet.  He did a little jump, and took a protective Hulk stance. Wings raised upward and down, warding off trouble. 

When Timothy boldly rolled forward...Junior backed off.  The danger passed, and the tortoise was back in the race again, no harm done.  (The little video clip of Junior and Timothy is posted on the angel blog website.)

But more tortoise energy was to come...

 Late that evening while on the porch enjoying the garden lights, we were talking about Timothy's visit, wondering what was the lesson? 

What happened next shouldn't have been a surprise.  Thoughts are things.  They have energy.  

And would you believe... as if on cue... I heard a rustling movement.  I stood up to look out the porch. What was going on? In the glow of the lantern light, what a wonderful sight.  That large heavy helmet was rolling across the patio on his way back home to the woods!  A sweet note to end the day.

 A humbling moment, full of grace and gratitude. Things are not as they appear...more is going on than we presently realize.  Angels are with us.  I called out thanks to Timothy for his message of hope: No matter what you're going through...no matter how dark and fearful it may become, trust that God will make a way, against all odds.  Take it slow and steady, like the tortoise...do your best...and listen for direction.  Victory is assured.  All things are possible with God. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen

Treefrog in the Forecast: An Angel Message

 

The morning began with a promising angel message. Thanks to our curious cat, I stopped journaling to see what was up.  Hei-Hei's paws were reaching high on the sunroom window.  Through the steamy mist, I saw a welcomed messenger.  A tiny pale green treefrog on the outside looking in.  A newborn, transparent, and clinging to new life, he was a message of faith.   Frogs morph from tiny tadpoles.  They begin life swimming in a pond like a fish...Slowly, their tails fall off, and then they grow legs...(talk about drastic changes) in order to become a frog.  Maybe you can relate...I can.

I feel an angel boost whenever a frog appears, making a spectacle, especially during unsettling times. It's a powerful reminder to (F.)ully (R.)ely O.n (G.)od.  (An acronym for F.R.O.G.)  And, this little fellow appears to be making a V-sign!   Victory is assured when you let go and let God.  So FROG it...whatever the problem is...

Remember you are never alone...God has given his angels charge over you to guide you in all your ways.  During times of great transformation, it takes faith to be like a little treefrog, and fully rely on God, as we go through many changes in life.  The best is yet to be...

What angel messages are coming to encourage you today?  Pay close attention, and expect miracles.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen