My primary photography interest is capturing the natural world. Through my photos I attempt to encourage others to appreciate our local flora and fauna and to choose native plants to sustain native wildlife. My photographs and descriptions are intended to convey that native is desirable and beautiful.

Besides that, here's what I love:

- walking through a meadow and spying a tiny, beautiful something - with my camera in hand, there is a different way of looking at the world

- looking through my viewfinder and imagining my shot - and then imagining what my camera is seeing, since sometimes my camera sees differently than I do, which turns us into photography buddies!

- loading a photo session to my computer, initially feeling disappointed, and then finding that a few tweaks can turn a so-so photo into a good or even great one

At its best, being outdoors with my camera is a type of meditation. Concerns of the day are forgotten while I relax and concentrate simply on what is right in front of me.

About being a Flickr contact: After many years of daily Flickr activity, I was mostly inactive for a couple of years - am now in the process of uploading a very large backlog of images, and am not very good about visiting my contacts' images - my apologies! Much thanks to those of you who still visit, like, and comment on mine!