Hummingbird
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

Hummingbird

In 1972 Seals and Crofts released the album Summer Breeze which my wife to be and I both owned and listened to throughout our college years. The album contains the achingly beautiful and timeless song “Hummingbird” . . .

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Joyas Voladoras
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

Joyas Voladoras

Over the last three years I’ve taken thousands of pictures of hummingbirds in my backyard. These incredible creatures are a wonder to observe, but difficult to capture in photos. In fact, just a handful of the images I’ve taken are good enough to keep. In this post I’ve included a few of these photos, and a moving essay by Brian Doyle, titled Joyas Voladoras . . .

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