It was later in the morning when I approached my front door and keyed in the code to unlock it. I braced myself as my border collie/heeler mix dog, Kona, greeted me as if I had been gone for weeks and not just over an hour. I gave her a good pet while a bit of a guilty feeling came over me, knowing that I hadn't taken her for a walk yet. "Ok Kona. Let me just get settled and I will take you for a walk." I said as I finished scratching her belly. She knew the word "walk" very well. As I put my...

If you are familiar with my photography, then you know that I have started to have a little thing for birds. The more encounters I have the more they just fill my heart. The other day I decided I wanted to put one of each breed of birds I encountered from 2025 into a folder to start keeping track. This then led to thinking I should save them in my Merlin app and then I will organize my eBird. If you don't know what Merlin is, it is a fantastic app designed by the Cornell Lab to help you...

Hi friends This isn't my official blog post for the month. I am still working on it. However, this is a little plug for me. Many times over the last year I have shared my personal special moments in nature through my photography. I hope that some of these photographs that I hold dear to my heart, maybe touch a heart string or two in yours. I love the art of photography. I love being in nature and experiencing those moments that raises my "joy-o-metre" and to freeze that moment in time with a...