Flickr keeps suspending my account so I’m unsure if people cane even see or read anything I post?

Initially I started this Flickr account at an inopportune time and then quickly lost myself in a million other things. Life is like that and keeps us busy and distracted. I strayed for a while and I did not tend to my photos or the site. It’s a pattern of mine, coming and going, but now I'm back.

I am hoping to be more active and appreciative of the experience of being here. The amount of great photographers and artists here on Flickr is overwhelming and a bit intimidating...LoL., but I love their works and learn a lot through their (your) vision. I will never be as good as the many artists I admire, but it's about the journey anyways.

I love nature/landscape photography and am particularly drawn to trees for some reason...but I also love portraits, candid moments, nudes, flowers, twilight, beaches, silhouettes and abstracts as well as whole host of other subjects. I do not have any fancy equipment or software but I make do. I only ever had one new camera and one new lens. I fell while out hiking in the winter and broke both. Everything else has been acquired second hand or is a hand me down. I will probably never learn to use any modern photo-processing software. I just like to take the pictures.

I know that I have a lot to learn and believe that I can grow better just by looking at your photos and art. As i said, I am overwhelmed by the bounty of beauty to be found here but am inspired by it too. I love comments and to comment if I see something that catches my eye. I am open to learning through constructive critiques and can say that my comments will be honest and meant in a positive way. I wouldn't be commenting if I didn't like the image already.

These are mostly just shots of me, my muse and my family out and about in the world. We're in our later our 50's (I’m much closer to 60 at this point). We've been together well over 30 years. We are not too worked up about staying fit (just surviving seems hard enough at times… LOL) but like to stay active. We do still love the sun and the beach and just getting out in nature. It drives her crazy but I will take pics of literally anything and feel honoured to be surrounded by such beauty. I hope that you enjoy this offering of photos from our life together and the sites we see along the way.

Cheers!

GQ