by Louie Ferrera | Apr 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Who did you spend your morning with today? I spent mine with the elusive Rufous Hummingbird. This feisty little bird is a migrant and passes through our area for an all too brief visit each spring on the way from its wintering grounds in Mexico to its breeding grounds...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 27, 2025 | Nature
Yesterday at around 11:00am I saw a Great Horned Owl on the creek trail near my house. I’ve walked and biked this trail hundreds of times, seen all manner of aquatic birds and songbirds, river otters and turtles but never once an owl. I had originally planned on doing...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 23, 2025 | Meditations, Nature
The saying Spring has sprung is misleading. The word sprung implies something that happened immediately, unexpectedly, as in She sprung out from behind the tree to surprise me. I guess one could say that spring has indeed sprung…if you’ve been living life with...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 18, 2025 | Meditations
A couple of weeks ago I bought a bunch of new stuff and man did it feel good! First up were the shoes. I’d been wearing the same black New Balance athletic shoes for biking and walking for something like the past five years. They were worn out and no longer felt good...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 6, 2025 | Friends & Family, Love
Dear Sam & Denali, Every year as your birthdays approaches, mom and I take a walk down Memory Lane. We’ll replay key events in your lives, making them come alive once again. One of our favorite stories to recount, and a preview of our lives to come as parents, is...
Yup I see the nest! We used to see thrushes in our backyard in late fall/early winter but haven’t seen…
Thanks for weighing in on the Ter, it's great "hearing" your voice!
And… exhale! What a story, what a relief.
Very glad you found it Louie! Both of us will have to get our own rings resized for the opposite…
Nice ending! I can't imagine the dread you were feeling! I did the rain forest walk in 1974. I was…