Gavin Wild Visuals

Azorean Walk of Fame • Long before Hollywood’s cement stars, another walk of fame was laid down through the ancient town of Ponta Delgada. This little island city and the neighboring towns offer a charm that soothes the senses rather than exploits them. The stars here have no names, no affiliation, no sense of status, nor any achievements attached. They are moments to nothing. Except maybe those whose hands laid them down and feet that have stepped over them. On these stars, all are famous who walk them.

Plover Story • Whenever I see a Piping Plover I’m reminded of the tales from ancient mythology of various gods molding beings from clay. Watch these birds long enough as I have and you’d feel the same. More than any other shorebird they seem to be molded by the very sand they rove and plove. Like the wind shaped sand into plover form and gave it a spark of personality.

These little birds are gems of our beaches on the Atlantic coast. We need to protect the sands on which they were formed.