Adventures · Welcome

Skydiving on dandelion fluff

What would life be like if you could float in the sky on dandelion fluff?  Would you do it?  Would you be brave and trust that you'd land where you belong?  Fluffy, floating little seeds look so fragile to me. Yet, somehow, someway, with persistence, they survive and thrive adventures as they drift across the skies.I'm… Continue reading Skydiving on dandelion fluff

Adventures · Inspiration

Shhh, be still and quiet to get great shots of up-close photography

Every time I grab my camera, I have hopes of catching a shot of something special.  Of something that I hadn't planned on getting when I first headed out the door. I dwell in possibility.  - Emily Dickinson I crouch down low and get as close to objects I can, depending upon the lens I… Continue reading Shhh, be still and quiet to get great shots of up-close photography

Adventures · Inspiration

Bugs galore and flowers we adore

Nature will bear the closest inspection.  She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there?  I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore

Adventures · Going Gray

Has the right bikini made it over the hill yet?

Are you ever going to put a cap on it?  Swimsuit spending is getting out of control?  It's getting boring too, trying to find the right one.  Don't yawn, pretty please, don't.  This is really important to me.  Even if it involves snow and a bikini again. Holy crap, by the way, the boring view… Continue reading Has the right bikini made it over the hill yet?

Adventures · Inspiration

Macro photography – play until you get it right

Macro photography works some of the time, but when it doesn't, it can look pretty darn messy. In my garden, I have lots of diagonal lines.  Big ones, like in the latticework, and tiny ones, too.  Some of my favorites are on the blades of the leaves of the flowers. What the heck, is that… Continue reading Macro photography – play until you get it right