Sanctuary: A consecrated place; a place of refuge and protection.
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary on the edge of Asheville is such a place. A determined group of nature lovers fought to keep this ten acres at one end of a suburban lake free from development and this upland marsh now provides a quiet place for contemplation of nature and, perhaps, the meaning of life. And ducks.
It's a place I often visit when I'm in Asheville with a spare half hour or so -- a little shot of nature and serenity just off a busy thoroughfare. And I do enjoy watching the ducks, especially these Muscovies with their red-wattled faces and variegated plumage
Sanctuary, indeed, for man and beast alike.
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