by Louie Ferrera | Jul 16, 2022 | Meditations, Nature
This stretch along the Russian River, just over the hill from Riverfront Park, at times seems like a river otter highway. It’s a rare occasion when I don’t see an otter or two while I’m here. When I least expect it there they are, but always from a distance. My...
by Louie Ferrera | Jul 4, 2022 | Nature
My most memorable moments in nature have been those that were the least expected. A case in point was on a secluded beach along the Russian River today. To get to this secluded spot Carol and I had to hike about 45 minutes from the parking lot at Riverfront Park. It...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 5, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature
The Northern Mockingbird is so entertaining. From sunrise to sunset it sings incessantly and I have no idea what its actual voice sounds like. Its palette of sounds is seemingly endless: chirps, trills, whistles, peeps, coos and everything in between. You see the...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 21, 2022 | Nature
I stood before the large picture window in our kitchen this morning and watched a Coopers Hawk systematically devour a small bird. Bit by bit he picked it apart until there was nothing left but a few feathers fluttering in the breeze. This window looks out upon our...
by Louie Ferrera | Feb 5, 2022 | Meditations, Nature
The beach is a place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real. Pete Townsend Driftwood…bleached bones. Tibia, fibia, a random scattering offered up by the sea, come to rest here. Finger bones, toe bones, skeletal remains of once living things....
by Louie Ferrera | Feb 1, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature
One of the benefits of retirement, besides the obvious one of not having to go to work every day and deal with the trials and tribulations of a regular job, has been getting to spend more time with my wife Carol. Over the past year Carol and I have made it a point to...
Louie, so happy we got to be there sharing your porch swing with just the right timing to see this…
Woo-hoo! 💜
Love you Louie! Hallelujah-nature heals.
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Real quickly. What color mock turtleneck did you get. You got rid of the Barbie brush?