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Fresh Pond Feathers This site contains handmade cards, calendars, and prints with photography taken at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge MA.

Most photos are of feather-y creatures, with some other photos of habitat and just plain ol' pretty nature. Fresh Pond Reservation is a calm oasis in a city setting. Many people in Cambridge, MA walk, bike ride, and run on the 2 1/4 mile path around the 155 acre pond. Birders also come year-round to seek out the resident and transient birds. I started coming to Fresh Pond regularly when I got my d

og Cisco. I pretty quickly started noticing birds, which is a hobby that was ingrained in me from my mom for decades. I have always liked photography, but had never thought of taking pictures of birds before. Pretty soon, my dog walks transitioned to taking pictures of birds while my dog waited patiently (or not so patiently) at my side. With our society's movement towards staying in touch via email, social media, and texts, sending cards in the mail has become somewhat of a lost art. I hope people will use these cards to connect with loved ones, whether it is for an occasion or just because. I also always think it is nice to share some of your home with the people you love. Cambridge residents, or those who just have an appreciation for nature and birds, can send these to share some of the natural beauty that can be found right outside your doorstep.

13/02/2025

"While living close to sorrow's edge
I'd feared the world was gone,
had burrowed down, …
might lose a springtime filled with hope,
forgotten how to skip a rope,…
A titmouse flew outside the glass
then perched upon the window sill

It sat upon the window's edge
and seemed to look me eye to eye,
and by and by the moment filled
with something new, I'd thought I'd lost...

I watched the titmouse fly away
and glassy-eyed,...my hope rebound.
My eyes are focused on the spring,
that now, I know, will come again

Alas, my reasoning is new
The season and my dreams are too
Whatever comes, we'll make it through
Whatever comes we will find some good

I'm grateful that the titmouse understood." - Carrie Richards

Pretty Titmouse in the snow! Springtime will come, hopefully sooner rather than later :)

12/02/2025

Well... I would have cropped this photo totally differently had I seen the little grey Screech Owl below the orange! Looks like a mating pair - hopefully there will be baby owls in the spring! Now those branches just need to go away so I can get a good photo :)

04/02/2025

Another view of the Great Blue Heron that has been hanging out on the ice near Kingsley! This time more colorful :)

02/02/2025

Saturday night moon viewing!

01/02/2025

"When I can't express
what I really feel
then I practice feeling
what I can express
and none of it is equal
I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry." - Nikki Giovanni

Has anyone else seen the Great Blue Heron that has been hanging out near Kingsley Field? I was lucky to catch it during this morning's light snowfall.

30/01/2025

“She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on.”
― Barbara Kingsolver

Juvenile Bald Eagle on a windy day! Love the subtle little bursts of yellow in this photo.

29/01/2025

“Reject cruelty. Reject cruelty with kindness. Reject the cruelty with excess kindness.” - Molly Jong-Fast

I have so much to say on this but for now I’ll just post a pretty Heron at sunset 🌅

23/01/2025

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
Rainer Maria Rilke

22/01/2025

"Birds don't [just] exist as symbols, and yet they can't help but mean something to the symbol-making species watching them through a window or storm door. On this Inauguration [week] that brings no hope for help from elected officials to address climate change or to protect vulnerable species, including our own, the living world is showing us what to do: In the dark days already gathering, we will need to look out for one another and for the creatures we love." - tracyew

The song of a Carolina Wren can certainly be uplifting, and birds like that bring so much joy and serenity. It's amazing how moments like those can help us process emotions and find peace amidst challenging times. Nature has such a grounding effect.

21/01/2025

Fresh Pond from up above at sunrise 🌅

19/01/2025

“What to do” by Joyce Sutphen

“Wake up early, before the lights come on
in the houses on a street that was once
a farmer’s field at the edge of a marsh.

Wander from room to room, hoping to find
words that could be enough to keep the soul
alive, words that might be useful or kind

in a world that is more wasteful and cruel
every day. Remind us that we are
like grass that fades, fleeting clouds in the sky,

and then give us just one of those moments
when we were paying attention, when we gave
up everything to see the world in

a grain of sand or to behold
a rainbow in the sky, the heart
leaping up“ 🌈

13/01/2025

Not Fresh Pond but a super pretty Egret from down in Puerto Rico!

10/01/2025

Not necessarily the best photo, but I love how this Common Loon is hanging out so close to the shoreline these days!

08/01/2025

Female Hooded Merganser with some breakfast!

07/01/2025

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

I was surprised to find so many birds out today in the frigid temps. Stay warm everyone!

White-throated Sparrow

06/01/2025

Pretty Mallard in some soft light!

03/01/2025

Just a sliver of the moon out there!

02/01/2025

"Our forever work is to learn to hold the brutal and beautiful in the same palm." - Suleika Jaouad

Hoping for more beautiful for everyone this year!

Hooded Merganser mating dance

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The very slow head turn :) Great Blue Heron

Artist talk

Due to my back issues I sadly wasn’t able to make it to the artist talk at the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington this past weekend. I was able to record my talk beforehand and they played it at the mill. If anyone wants to have a listen, here it is! I blame any loopiness on painkillers 😂

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This site contains photography taken at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge MA. Most photos are of feather-y creatures, with some other photos of habitat and just plain ol' pretty nature. Fresh Pond Reservation is a calm oasis in a city setting. Many people in Cambridge, MA walk, bike ride, and run on the 2 1/4 mile path around the 155 acre pond. Birders also come year-round to seek out the resident and transient birds. I started coming to Fresh Pond regularly when I got my dog Cisco. I pretty quickly started noticing birds, which is a hobby that was ingrained in me from my mom for decades. I have always liked photography, but had never thought of taking pictures of birds before. Pretty soon, my dog walks transitioned to taking pictures of birds while my dog waited patiently (or not so patiently) at my side. I make cards and calendars using featured photography from Fresh Pond. With our society's movement towards staying in touch via email, social media, and texts, sending cards in the mail has become somewhat of a lost art. I hope people will use these cards to connect with loved ones, whether it is for an occasion or just because. I also always think it is nice to share some of your home with the people you love. Cambridge residents, or those who just have an appreciation for nature and birds, can send these to share some of the natural beauty that can be found right outside your doorstep.