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Downy Woodpecker

I have a Downy Woodpecker working diligently a few trees in my yard. He makes a perfectly spaced set of holes on the bark on the tree is the closest to the house. After he is done with his day's work, there is silence until he is back again. Watching him at work is soothing and if the symbolism is true then we are lucky he has been coming around so consistently,

If a woodpecker has appeared to you, pay attention to the new possibilities and opportunities in your life. You may need to dig deep to find your creativity, but don’t give up. Keep persevering! To reach your goals, you must be relentless and push through, even when facing the toughest challenges. If the woodpecker is your spirit animal or totem, you most likely missed out on crucial moments that could have altered your path. This animal is pushing you to right the past.

The thrum of the pecking can be heard as a death rattle assuming the tree is nearing its end. I would not know seeing how it is in full bloom right now. That looks like a live and healthy tree to my untrained eyes but maybe the woodpecker sees an impending death that I don't. Maybe the inspiration to draw is that life is finite and the end is observable by those who are outside looking in. So imagine there was a figurative woodpecker that could go around the bark of my life, there would be reason to peck at it as well - alert me to the early sounds of dying so I may wish to seize the life that is left - not counted in years as much as in what I am still able to get done.

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