December 24, 2025

Peace Dove, Mourning Dove

I selected this “Peace on Earth” garden flag to display this season. It represents an ideal that would take a miracle to achieve. Pardon my cynicism, but I’ve been hoping for peace for a long time.


The dove is often used as a symbol of peace. It is also used as a symbol for other ideals in cultures around the world.

I don’t recall seeing a white dove in the wild. Mourning doves, which are predominantly gray, are very common here in Virginia. 


Doves and pigeons are members of the Columbidae family.


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6 comments:

  1. eileeninmd6:20 AM, December 25, 2025

    I wish for peace on earth!
    Merry Christmas to you and your family!
    Have a wonderful day!

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  2. David M. Gascoigne,7:53 AM, December 25, 2025

    We even hunt these little birds of peace.

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  3. B. Rogers10:30 AM, December 25, 2025

    Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! Yes to peace on this poor old earth.

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  4. Tom11:52 AM, December 25, 2025

    ...I wish you peace.

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  5. Linda W.12:00 PM, December 25, 2025

    Merry Christmas!

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  6. Mae Travels12:47 PM, December 27, 2025

    Pure white doves are the result of human selective breeding. City pigeons are descendants of escapees from domestication, so sometimes they are mostly white. But actual wild doves are at least light colors.

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