I’m so excited! The final prints I’m submitting this week to the Jenkins Arboretum just arrived. They’re having their second annual photography exhibit for photographs taken at the Arboretum. I submitted last year and one of my images was given an honorable mention. Here are the five images I’m submitting this year: This first image, which I […]
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The February Art-A-Day Challenge is officially complete! It was quite the journey, but it was definitely a worthwhile one. I had so much fun creating each piece and trying many new styles, mediums, and techniques. That’s what I love most about these challenges; pushing myself a little farther out of my usual routine each time […]
This winter season has been rather strange, with an October blizzard, roses blooming in December, and salamander nymphs and insect larvae still swimming in the stream in January. This final day of the month feels as if it were transported here from early April. The first new plants and flowers are pushing their way through […]

Almost every day my dog and I go for a stroll around a field on our property. Inara keeps busy stuffing her nose into the grass and mud searching for small rodents to hunt. I walk around taking photographs and looking for the quasi-resident group of blue birds or the occasional falcon or hawk. This […]