Personal Vision

I'm always drawn to truncated images, and loved the texture of this hand against the large piece of paper mache art. (Taken Aug. 31, 2022)

The center of a cone flower.

After loudly trudging through the trail, I was surprised to look up and find this fawn so close. The fawn kept eye contact for several seconds as if it wanted to ask if I was done disturbing its peace. Photo taken 07-05-22. 

A woman waits at a table as a group of stylish men pass.  

A leaf cutter ant carries a leaf cutting down the trunk of a tree in the Sarapiqui Rainforest in Costa Rica. Leaf cutter ants use the leaf clippings they bring back to their nests to cultivate fungus gardens to feed the colony. These tiny but mighty ants are also microbiologists. The fungus the ants grow is susceptible to another parasitic organism, however the female ants can neutralize the parasites with a bacteria produced in their own bodies. This discovery is inspiring researchers in the US to look at how these little ants could help develop bioenergy and biofuels. 

 A boy plays on the bridge rail, near a portrait of a woman, as teens sit in an open ended ally.  

Gondolier waits in line to pick up customers in Venice, Italy.  

Valley fog in Glacier National Park, MT

Mourners stand together as they take in the scene of a mass shooting that occured on July 4th in Highland Park, IL