Bald eagle, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada The reasons for this photo? As I mentioned in this post about good luck bald eagles, we have only this one moment in life. We have just this one moment in life. How many times have we all heard that? Me? Maybe a zillion times? It has only truly…
Bald eagle, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada I always have good luck whenever I see a bald eagle, or better yet, when one flies over me. My breath is always taken away in the presence of these majestic birds. Is this an award winning photograph? No. I wish I could have gotten closer. However my…
Hummingbird, Fanny Bay, B.C. (Vancouver Island)
Black Oystercatcher, Fanny Bay, B.C. (Vancouver Island)
Great Blue Heron, Fanny Bay, B.C. (Vancouver Island)
As a woman learning to tell stories with a camera, I look to inspiration from other female professional photographers working in the field, in an often male dominated photography industry. I am regularly inspired by Cristina Mittermeier, a “Mexican photographer who grew up alongside indigenous Mexican tribes.” She is also founder and president of SeaLegacy, a…
On January 9th, 2017, I made a commitment to myself to do whatever I can, at least in some small way, save our ocean, to protect it, to conserve it. For now I will be taking action quietly as a volunteer behind the scenes in my own way, and then looking for opportunities with organizations…
This made me cry, in a good way. We need more music and art like this. Feel good. We need more of this. I do. Ed Sheeran, no wonder you are … perfect … and are uplifting the world wherever you are. Music, song, video, art, the creative process, and all of the humans that…
Goosebumps. Feel it all. Let this music, the words and imagery, the recording and creative process, touch your heart and soul; the voices, the clarity, the beautifully resonant yet crisp voices, their hearts, humanity. Feel it all. So beautiful. Oh, and the Italian … oh, my, goodness … no words. no words. Love, pure love…
I think that Brené Brown‘s words are the perfect words for me to start off my 2018 blogging. I’ve looked at, and had to look at, the experience of belonging (and not) a lot over my 56 years on this planet. Belonging has been a constant theme in my life and it was all too…