by Aron | Mar 3, 2021 | Photography, Wildlife
I was sitting in our back yard today and saw this little bird eating blossoms off of our neighbor’s fruit tree. I wonder if it’s the same Purple Finch from yesterday. Another day, another flower buffet? . . . Looking at the stripes and speckles, I...
by Aron | Mar 2, 2021 | Photography, Wildlife
Spring is still nearly three weeks away, but according to this Purple Finch, it tastes like spring right now here in Sonoma. Each year, it seems like the seasons are starting earlier and earlier. Right now, many of the trees are already budding and blooming. Our...
by Aron | Mar 1, 2021 | Photography, Wildlife
Yesterday I went out mustard hunting. . . . Or maybe it would be more accurate to say I was blackbird hunting. Almost exactly a year ago while I was driving back from grocery shopping (right before the world went all to heck), I spotted a red-winged blackbird perched...
by Aron | Feb 20, 2021 | Photography
The other day I went hiking at the Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma. With its verdant grasses, clusters of oaks, and gently sloping hills, it reminded me of the ol’ “Happy Cows Come From California” cheese commercials, especially when I spotted a lone cow...
by Aron | Jun 20, 2020 | Be Kind, Life Musings
This is our dog, Charlie. Charlie doesn’t judge anybody by their color.Or their sex.Or their religion.And though he sometimes barks more aggressively than he should,Charlie doesn’t attack strangers.Except maybe to slobber on them.And he doesn’t suffocate people.Except...
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