serenity, rain and burials

It was such a beautiful day, quiet, with a gentle rain that started as a drizzle early this morning and then continued intermittenly but more heavily from 12 noon. Two birds got terribly surprised as they crashed into picture window but escaped with losing only a few grey feathers on the front door steps. Lately I have been burying a lot of wildlife in various areas of our garden. Mom always told me to bury them where there is no foot traffic out of respect for them. Birds, toads, Kois and even a dead rat are now lying peacefully between pineapple plants, under an azalea bush, near the oregano hedge and under the tangerine tree. It was Obon a few weeks ago and time for prayer for the deceased.