The creek widened and then narrowed, then swirled its skirt out again as it made its way around a bend...

In early May, I came upon two Barred Owlets in Briarlake Forest Park. It was a deep, beautiful, and unexpectedly shared experience. ...

When I pause I can see it: the first shoots breaking through the soil, drawn by the sun's rays and the pull of nature's rhythm. It is...

This summer, the open road stretched out before me as I sat in the passenger seat and took in sights and deep conversations. I saw the...

I'm not sure how I ignored the sound for so long. That squawking -- somewhere near our backyard, and loud enough to hear through the...

The brilliant red cardinal has been on those bare branches for much of today. I saw him several times from my own, warmer perch – I,...

"What stage of life are you in?" I was asked this question today. While it seems like a basic question, it really only is on the surface....

A friend called to tell me that a woman in a nearby neighborhood was tagging and releasing Monarch Butterflies in her garden that...

I needed to go back to the place from which I'd started...to take a closer look. Right around me. The April days had (literally) been...

There is a lot to be said for just sitting and looking. Waiting. Not knowing what, if anything, will change, and finding the surprises in...

[Thoughts on mindset...cognizant that we aren't in control but how often I try...] I have been thinking a lot about how to enter this...

It has happened a lot lately. I set out to wander and take photos, and have my camera mounted with my long lens. Just in case I might...

I awoke to snow this time last week. I didn’t really expect it. Any of it, actually. They’d said earlier in the week that it would snow,...

It was even more than I expected. I have always been captured by Suzy Schultz’s artwork. Her incredible artistic gifts, and the work she...

This is one of the early photos I took, the summer of 2014. I had begun picking up my camera almost daily, walking the same route. This...