I am an 81 year-old great-grandmother but a 17 year-old at heart. Life is beautiful and it brings me joy seeing the images on flickr and sharing my views. Photography is a marvelous way to rediscover the beauty of nature and our daily lives. Hopefully it will also strengthen appreciation of all the cultures of our world and bring us closer together. My true love is nature photography, but I enjoy all genres of photography that flickr offers. Enjoy your photography journey!

Some have asked what books I use to ID my shots of butterflies, dragonflies, etc. These are my favorite reference books: "Stokes Beginner's Guide To Dragonflies", Dennis Paulson's "Dragonflies and Damselfies of the East", Rick Cech and Guy Tudor's "Butterflies of the East Coast- An Observer's Guide", Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman's "Field Guide to Butterflies of North America", David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie's "Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America", Steven Clemants and Carol Gracie's "Wildflowers in the Field and Forest- A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States", and David Allen Sibley's "The Sibley Field Guide To Birds of Eastern North America". These books are most frequently used from the collection my husband Charlie and I have accumulated.