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Photographer and Creative Manager, I'm a Buddhist-wannabe, hoping to make a difference. Avid reader, enthusiastic kayaker, inexperienced bicyclist, mediocre hiker. Married to my best friend, and mom to fur-kids only. Brevity is not one of my virtues.
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Made our way up to #SomethingBeautiful today. Almost 600 feet of elevation gain, I'm definitely feeling this snowshoe, but it was so worth it. This is Lake Tahoe as seen from near Captain Pomin Rock. #Photography #PhotographersUnited #LakeTahoe #Snowshoeing #SierraNevada #Nevada

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

A couple summers ago we put in a pollinator wall, and a big part of it is this Candy Swirl Honeysuckle. #SomethingBeautiful and also something good for the environment. I loved this shot of the bee, flinging pollen as it hovered. #Photography #PhotographersUnited #Pollinators #Bees

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A meteor shower over the Black Rock Desert (where Burning Man is held) in northern Nevada provided a whole night of #SomethingBeautiful last July. #Photography, #Astrophotography, #BlackRockDesert, #PhotographersUnited, #MilkyWay, #MeteorShower

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A few years back, there was #SomethingBeautiful outside the french doors in our dining room. This gorgeous (and patient) Coopers Hawk is no dummy - lots of songbirds visit our waterfall. Not bad for shooting through glass. #Photography, #BirdPhotography, #NaturePhotography, #PhotographersUnited

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Working on this page brought back great memories of attending the bumble bee workshop at Nachusa Grasslands back in 2021. We were able to get close looks at many different species, but the conclusion was that our native bees are precious and need care. #SciArt #insects #naturejournal #prairie

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Feeling a little overwhelmed of late, had to take a bit of a mental break to quiet thoughts. I endeavored for my brain to look like this photo, #SomethingBeautiful photographed while drifting by on a kayak on the Cosumnes River. #PhotographersUnited #BirdPhotography #Kayaking #Silence #Solitude

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

#SomethingBeautiful from another angle, following up yesterday's post. This day out on the water, it looked like we were paddling through liquid silver. Gorgeous, every step of the way. #PhotographersUnited #LiquidSilver #Kayaking #Photography #WinterPaddling #LakeTahoe

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#SomethingBeautiful from a few years back, when we kayaked about 12 miles round trip, to Emerald Bay in south Lake Tahoe. Too much ice for us to get out on shore, and the water was like liquid silver. #WinterKayaking #LakeTahoe #PhotographersUnited #IceIceBaby #GoodDays

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Last night at a work event, I saw #SomethingBeautiful. I'm not sure Olaf the Owl thought the same. haha. He stared at me for nearly a full minute like this. Perhaps he sensed my adoration ... #PhotographersUnited #Owls #Falconers #Raptors #UnrequitedLove

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

I was sitting still in my kayak, shooting something else, when some coots drifted by me. I had the audacity to LOOK at them, and they took off. I didn't mean to startle them, but it did make for a beautiful photo. #SomethingBeautiful #WildlifePhotography #PhotographersUnited #Birds #Coots

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Christmas Eve morning, 2016, we found ourselves paddling into #SomethingBeautiful (and also Something Intimidating) on Lake Tahoe. We didn't go far and we didn't stay out long, but Tahoe almost never disappoints, especially in the winter. #kayaking #storms #PhotographersUnited #LakeTahoe

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

We said goodbye to our beloved english lab, Larry, a week ago today. This morning, as I pulled into a road near work, this was what I saw. Just physics, but I'm still going to take it as a sign of happier times to come. #SomethingBeautiful #Rainbows #PhotographersUnited #CellPhonePhotography

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

A kayaker heading out to fish before sunrise, Lake Alpine, CA, 2018. #SomethingBeautiful #PhotographersUnited #LakeAlpine #Fishing #Kayaking #Sunrise #Photography

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

One of my favorite drone photos, also a Nat Geo editor's choice, back in the day. A photographer friend of mine walking up Crescent Dune, outside Tonopah, NV, one freezing cold early morning. #SomethingBeautiful #PhotographersUnited #DronePhotography #Photography #Nevada

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

"Is that a sparrow?" I inquired, as we were snowshoeing in Ebbett's Pass. As we approached I could tell this was no sparrow, but it wasn't 'til I had my camera up that I realized it was a tiny little owl! Pygmy owl, to be precise. #SomethingBeautiful #PhotographersUnited #wildlifephotography #owls

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

May 10, 2024, the first of recent northern lights events we could see in Nevada. We eventually found ourselves at Fort Churchill State Historic Park. This shot is bracketed, to showcase the structures and the skies. #SomethingBeautiful #PhotographersUnited #Astrophotography #AuroraBorealis

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment