Profile avatar
kippy.geminai.com
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.
441 posts 366 followers 86 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 20 Comments 30

Two weeks ago we drove through a snowstorm to meet Gerald, who became our new family member that day. Caught as a stray with wounds consistent with jumping or being thrown from a moving car, he has brought that beautiful lab energy back to our home. He is very loved. Dets in alt text. #adopt #dogs

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Yesterday we saw a lot of #SomethingBeautiful during a gorgeous day paddle on Mono Lake, outside Yosemite National Park. After exploring the south tufa, we spent time on geothermal Paoha Island. What a great day to be in the caldera of a volcano. #PhotographersUnited #Kayaking #Tufa #Geothermal

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

I'm lucky in that much of my job relies on me finding #SomethingBeautiful in our state. This was taken on one of those days, where our staff went kayaking on Lake Tahoe, in clear-bottomed boats. I took this photo of a beautiful day 'hard at work.' #PhotographersUnited #ILoveMyJob #DronePhotography

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

#SomethingBeautiful in a quick cell phone snap, while on a bike ride today. This blue heron patiently allowed me to take a photo. Loved the reflections. #Wildlifephotography #CellPhonePhotography #PhotographersUnited #Photography #Booksky #Herons

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

If you've traveled through the Reno-Tahoe Int'l Airport, you may have encountered #SomethingBeautiful of the canine persuasion - the volunteers of Paws 4 Passengers. Leaving smiles in their wake, they are 4-legged angels. Their people aren't too bad, either. ;) #PhotographersUnited #Dogs #Flying

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments

#SomethingBeautiful, for sure! A sign that spring is on the way, when the stonecrop starts waking up. :) #CellPhonePhotography #PhotographersUnited #SpringIsComing #Succulents #Stonecrop #Gardening

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

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 65 days 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

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

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 69 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 69 days ago • 4 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 70 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

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

#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 78 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 80 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 81 days ago • 0 comments

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 82 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 83 days ago • 3 comments

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

submitted 84 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 85 days ago • 0 comments