Susan Ford Collins
289 photos
Jungle Mama peering around the edge
of a broad-leafed palm, home amid the watery life of fishes splashed with orange and inky spots dancing with birds whose sounds penetrate thick, humid air with...
Explore!
528 photos
I'm always surprised and delighted when a shot of mine is on Explore. They are usually pictures I was either thrilled-to-shaking about when I took them. Or shots I loved but thought were probably...
Books by Susan Ford Collins
66 photos
My worlds come together in my books. Writing by day, flickring by night. And I love contributing to others' books too.
The Joy of Success... #1 Best Seller Kindle Business. and eLit Award...
Living in a Jungle
835 photos, 1 video
What do I need in a home? Yes, all the usual furniture, sinks, cabinets, appliances, showers and tubs. But more. Much more!
Romance. Exotic sounds. Enlivening lights and shadows, sounds and smells....
Koi... The Emperor's Fish
50 photos
Koi are highly-breed carp. They are frequently called The Emperor's Fish because the Emperors of Japan and China were devoted collectors. Koi have been known to live for 200 years in ideal...
Aviary Outside My Kitchen Window
106 photos
I have always wanted an aviary outside my kitchen window so when calamity struck, I seized the opportunity.
I was speaking to business leaders in Haiti. While there, a pipe under my kitchen sink...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
1977 photos
Seldom does someone have the opportunity to travel worldwide, collect exotic plants and create 83 acres of gardens in which to cultivate and display them. But Fairchild did!
Fairchild Tropical...
Windows to the Tropics
342 photos
I fell in love with this part of Fairchild Garden when it was called The Rare Plant House. Now it was connected to the Wings of the Tropics and is known as Windows to the Tropics. Equally astounding...
Wings of the Tropics
936 photos
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens is spreading its wings! Thousands of exotic butterflies plus hummingbirds, fish and some of the word's most beautiful rare plants can be seen in the new Science...
Fluttering Butterflies and Hummingbirds
91 photos
I love the magic of fluttering butterflies... especially these magnificent birdwings. There are two species included here... the greenish one is the male Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus), the...
Water Lilies
248 photos
Brilliant, dynamic blossoms that leap from the surface of the water. Brilliant, dynamic flowers that create reflections and shadows.
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Longliving Heliconians
228 photos
The Heliconius Laparus doris butterfly is one of the strongest butterflies in the Amazon region. They can live up to 9 months while neotropical butterflies normally live a couple weeks! They can do...
Tantalizing Flowers and Blossoms
2182 photos
Living here in tropical Miami, I am privileged to have flowers blooming all year. Exotic flowers that get me up early each morning to see their buds and blossoms. Their pods and seeds. Their drying...
Glorious Bromeliads
169 photos
The family of Bromeliaceae is outrageous... its colors and shapes beyond reason and logic. Over the top!
If a painter truly reproduced their colors on a canvas, viewers would accuse him or her of...
Madagascan Preserve Fairchild Garden
119 photos
Madagascar is the fourth largest island on Earth. Because it separated from mainland Africa millions of years ago, species here have evolved in isolation and represent an extraordinary array of...
Butterflies Mating
57 photos
Butterflies reproduce the way other animals do -- sperm from male fertilizes eggs from a female. Males and females of the same species recognize one another by the size, color, shape and vein...
Cannonball flowers!
30 photos
This is a strange one! The tree is very large and tall but the flowers all hang from stems 10 feet or so from the ground so it feels like they are growing on a vine attached to the tree rather than...
Grasses!
57 photos
From weeds to bamboos!
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Florida Butterflies
303 photos
Oh, for many years I focused on flowers but overlooked butterflies! Until my beloved Albert bought me a set of screw-on close-up lenses and a new world opened up for me!
First butterflies but then,...
Dog Days Enjoyed
24 photos
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, FL hosts Dog Days too. Check their website or social media pages to confirm the next pet-friendly event. Enjoy fresh air and beautiful scenery with...
Hurricane Irma... from destruction to new life
57 photos
Three hours before Hurricane Irma was due to hit in September 2017, without notice ... a tornado took down our giant 12-trunked Ficus grove and tossed it on top of our home... while we were in it! A...
My sacred Bamboo Enclosure
75 photos
Replanting my Chinese Garden...
I moved my collection of old temples to new places and they're already resonating in the breeze. A cast iron bird bath became a watering hole for visiting birds who...
Creating and Recreating My Miami Jungle ... 12040
249 photos
In 1990, this was a raccoon and possum infested handyman special! It was barren, plantless and lifeless. But I knew it was my home the minute I walked into it. Despite my realtor's warning to the...
Coconut Grove, Brickell and Biscayne Park
144 photos
Leaving Philadelphia, I headed to LA for training and moved to Miami. Little did I know these new places would change the direction of my life from m other, researching and teacher, to speaker,...
201, 614-16, Beach Haven
137 photos
Now Not Even One ... Exhaustion and Recovery
Becoming One Again ... Separation, Divorce and New Life.
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Earth to Stoneware
163 photos
Wet clay squeezed, coiled and connected. Carefully dried, loaded and fired from earth to stoneware. Hours later, opening up the kiln lid to see the magic heat and melting, fusing minerals and colors...
Tropical woods, weeds and streams
371 photos
It's fall and I want to be outside. To meander in the woods, wander along streams and feel pine tags carpeting the ground under my feet.
It's fall and I want to walk, gather and explore. To...
Birds and Small Creatures
405 photos
In my pursuit of unusual fruits and flowers, I began attracting new friends... squirrels, doves, mockingbirds, curious neighborhood dogs and cats.
They posed for me. Honestly... just sat there...
Wetlands and their Inhabitants
242 photos
Wakodahatchee Wetlands and Green Cay are two wonderful examples of environmental restoration here in South Florida. You'll want to visit them when you're down this way.
Derived from a Seminole...
Some Favorites
622 photos
Some shots leave me shaking till I can get home and see them full size on my computer screen. Ah, sigh, I got it!... whether it's a color, a detail or texture.
All shots are more than just what you...
Luscious Leaves, Fruits, Seeds
1091 photos
Here in the tropics, leaves, fruits and seeds are as beautiful as flowers. Light, shadow, texture and maturing add to the depth of color and appeal. Here are some that caught my eye... and my...
Urban Habitat: Native Gardens
232 photos
Wonderful native gardens are springing up on corners in my neighborhood... and the butterflies have already found them and moved in. And so have the squirrels of course.
I'm thrilled. I can't wait...
The Magic of Surface Tension!
18 photos
Within the body of a liquid, the forces of adjacent molecules cancel each other, above/below, side to side. But at the surface, there's no attractive force from above so the net inward force causes...
Lubbers egg to shed
122 photos
My first glimpse of Lubbers was a delightful surprise! Each morning I walk the same route through my neighborhood taking pictures. And for the first time that day, there were tiny navy blue hoppers...
Fantastic Ferns
74 photos
A fern is a member of a group of approximately 12,000 species of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. Unlike mosses, they are vascular (they have...
Beautiful but invasive!
91 photos
Last year invasive Australian Pines were cut down and removed from Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve. This year the invasives are back... not just Australian Pines but also Lead and Castor Trees...
California and Washington trip
56 photos
Dylan and Grace's wedding in Carmel Valley and trips to San Francisco and Seattle
California with Dylan and Grace
60 photos
August 2023
It's been a year since I married my grandson Dylan and his beautiful wife Grace. And I am returning to California to visit their home.
It's a week of sightseeing and enjoying long walks...
Protea... change and hope
6 photos
is the botanical name and English common name of a genus of South African flowering plants, sometimes called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos). The Protea flower represents change and...
Heavenly Hibiscus
64 photos
Tissuey. Delicate. Ornamented with astounding golden pollen-laden stamens.
Heavenly Hibiscus... Mother Nature's artistic treasure.
Hibiscus is a genus of plants with members noted for their showy...
Iguanas!
59 photos
The green iguana, also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean....
Butterflies, Bees and Lubbers
465 photos
In the last year, besides Jungle Mama, I've become Mama Lubber.
It started innocently enough. I was minding my own business taking pictures of flowers and fruits. But when I'd arrive home and...
Mushrooms and Fungi
16 photos
Mosses, lichens and fungi
31 photos
These exciting plants create life and texture on trees, paths and stones. Perhaps unnoticed, but nonetheless beautiful!
Vegetables and Edibles!
86 photos
It's so easy to grow your own food. And far more economical and nutritious.
Hurricane Irma tore down our huge trees and let in hug quantities of new light. And someone's destroyed porch became...
Exotic fruits and spices
270 photos
Yes, there are a lot of fruits at the grocery store. But the most luscious, most outrageous ones aren't there. They are growing on trees here in South Florida.
My morning walks are a regular source...
Bamboos, Palms, Papayas & Exotics
188 photos
What I thought of as "tree" transformed when I moved to the tropics. In the Northeast US, oaks and maples blazed red and gold. Leaves fell, were raked into piles, or left to decompose....
Marc's photos
4 photos
I'm teaching my grandson Marc to be a photographer, verbalizing skills I've developed over the years so he can take them to the next level. Here’s what Marc had to say as we began…
I never...
Peacocks and Flamingos
58 photos
Flamingo Gardens is a delight! Rescued birds generously strut their stuff as we stand speechless and clicking images.
There are also Peacocks at the Old Zoo in Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Miami...
Miami Zoo
6 photos
Zoo Miami (also known as The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens) is the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida and the only sub-tropical zoo in the continental United States.
The unique...
Savory Succulents and Cactus
226 photos
Leathery skin and threatening spines protect their tender juicy insides!
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Wondrous Chihuly Seattle!
113 photos
Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly enrolled in the first glass...
Chihuly at Fairchild Garden
167 photos
Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly enrolled in the first glass...
Outrageous Orchids
142 photos
The delicacy! The transparency! The strange, bizarre beauty... of Orchids.
Tree dwellers. Ground growers. Moisture lovers. Usually inconspicuous, suddenly sending out singular outrageous blossoms or...
Flowers that bloom on trunks
80 photos
wikipedia: "Cauliflory is a botanical term referring to plants which flower and fruit from their main stems or woody trunks rather than from new growth and shoots".
We assume that flowers...
Coleus or Poor Man's Croton
29 photos
Perhaps you know them as Painted Nettle or Poor Man’s Croton, but many of us simply know them as Coleus. They have stunningly colorful foliage in brilliant combinations of greens, yellows, pinks,...
Begonias
13 photos
I love the pointy edges and curly hairs that surround this shy brilliantly pink flower. Such a contrast to the large green upside-down umbrella leaves!
Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering...
San Francisco Flea Market
51 photos
Asian, worldly... a different feel from flea markets early Saturday mornings in Miami. San Francisco hills, parking wheels against the curb. Suddenly I'm back in street markets in Israel and Africa...
San Francisco Detail
43 photos
A close up look at Bernal Hill and Chinatown as this photographer sees it. Walking and noticing what you can't see in a car at 55 mph or even 25. The colors, tightly clustered homes stacked up on...
San Francisco!
61 photos
I am just back from an in depth exploration of the architecture and plant life of San Francisco!
What a glorious place to enjoy your camera! To capture astounding views at a distance and in...
Form and Structure
229 photos
Shape, volume, form, shadow, reflections. Defined by color and texture. Amplified by light.
Susan Ford Collins looks closely at the genius of Mother Nature!
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Seattle riches!
243 photos
We've just returned from the Seattle area... Chihuly Garden and Glass was amaziing and right under the Space Needle! A glass house for a glass exhibit in brilliant color!
Kirkland, shops and harbor....
Fruits and Spices
74 photos
The Fruit & Spice Park is the only tropical botanical garden of its kind in the United States. The unique 37-acre public facility is owned and operated by the Miami-Dade County Park and...
Passionate Passion Vines
37 photos
This Passion Vine (Passiflora phoenicea) grows along fences, over shrubs and garages here in South Florida. The leaves are glossy green and grape-leaf like. But what will simply knock your socks off...
A very close look at...
105 photos
The world is different for me since I've stepped through the door to macro. As I lift my camera, my friend remarks, "Are you kidding! There's nothing here to shoot." But for me, a blade of...
Wet Miami Morning
52 photos
Sparkling, wet, misty mornings... perfect time to grab my camera and head out to enjoy luscious tropical fruits and flowers. Surinam cherries, red and yellow. Brown-sugar sapodillas (chicle) split...
Outrageous Heliconias
102 photos
Heliconia, derived from the Greek word helikonios, is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants which are native to the tropical Americas and Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia....
Blazing Crown of Thorns
30 photos
Yes, thorns! Sharp ones, all over the stem. Tough to care for definitely well worth it!
The blossoms are glorious! Intense colors, thick highly saturated petals, golden pollen-laden stamens.
And a...
Reptiles by land and by sea
76 photos
Reptiles and amphibians are distantly related but they can be distinguished by their physical appearance and different stages of life.
Amphibians live "double lives" — one in water with...
Seaside Florida
45 photos
Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida Panhandle in Walton County, between Panama City Beach and Destin. One of the first communities in America designed on the...
Bill Baggs State Park ... lighthouse and nature
87 photos
Cape Florida has long served as a beacon for freedom - from Seminole Indians seeking to remain in their Florida home, to fugitive slaves and Black Seminoles who secretly gathered before taking safe...
Chapungu sculpture at Fairchild
150 photos
Fairchild's latest art exhibition is now open! Chapungu: Custom and Legend, a Culture in Stone, features more than 80 stone sculptures, some reaching 11 feet tall and weighing up to three tons....
Viscaya European Gardens in Miami
30 photos
Deering began to purchase the land for Vizcaya in 1910 from Mary Brickell; and that same year he made his first trip to Italy to acquire antiquities with Paul Chalfin. In 1912, Deering purchased an...
Montreal: Jardin botanique and Biosphere
30 photos
We've just returned from Montreal. More pics to follow.
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Montreal at Thanksgiving
141 photos
Walking and enjoying the wonders of this picturesque city... the horse-drawn carriages, the shop windows and restaurants, the reflections of beauty and life.
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Philadelphia
92 photos
In 1682, William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia to serve as capital of Pennsylvania Colony. By the 1750s, Philadelphia had surpassed Boston to become the largest city and busiest port in...
Halloween... Ghosts, goblins and pumpkins
21 photos
From a saints' day to a ghost's day... all in the name of fun. I especially enjoy carved pumpkins and scarecrows. Simple creative ideas that children magnify in their minds... to the blood-curdling...
Vindel Artistic Landscaping
100 photos
Landscape painter turned landscape artist...
Whether you know precisely how you want your yard to look or you would like for Angel to help clarify your vision, he will gently step in and create an...
Everett's Wheelchair Garden
188 photos
Different people handle gardening challenges in different ways. Here's a way that will inspire you to handle yours far more easily!
I met Everett at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. He is the...
Gods and Buddhas
109 photos
Wood, stone, jade, ivory, pewter, silver and gold... elements used to represent Higher Beings, Gods and Buddhas.
Holy Men. Holy Animals. Holy Objects. Holy Trees. Old, worn, cherished. New,...
Mohonk Mountain
19 photos
Founded by the Smiley Family in 1869, their Victorian castle resort is nestled in the Hudson Valley, 90 miles north of New York City. Surrounded by 40,000 acres of pristine forest and protected...
Blue Sky
100 photos
The background of everything... sky. It comes in all colors and tones but I have chosen to focus on blue.
Blue Sky!
And clouds, trees, Mangoes, Cactus, sculpture, pink powderpuffs, Passion, sea...
Tropical Walks
471 photos
Miami mornings, hot in temperature. Far hotter in texture and color when you have your camera in hand!
Of course, you can simply stroll along rubbing sleep from your eyes, hypnotized by the green,...
Shadow and light
104 photos
Light and shadow. Real and unreal. And where they intersect.
Shadows are essential to us as photographers. They create form and shape, volume and dimension.
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Fall in Chappaquiddick
21 photos
November 5 to 10 2019
The World in a Puddle
15 photos
When I set out from my car to take pictures on Miami Beach, I headed down an alleyway and noticed a muscular Latin man pressure-hosing a white SUV. I had to step carefully as his overflow water began...
No, you can't take my picture!
8 photos
When my 7 year old grandson Marc came to visit me, I unzipped my camera and heard the classic kid response... No, you can't take my picture. So, undeterred, I developed a strategy.
"OK...
Reflections on Miami Beach
82 photos
I live near Lincoln Road on Miami Beach so I've seen it many times. But never looked at it this way. Cypress trees reflected in ponds below them, pond grass abstracting the universe, turtle mating...
Kid's World
24 photos
We've all taken kids to the park. But how often do we really stop to see what is there? The colors and shapes. The architecture and design.
On this particular morning I did. And it was exciting!...
Exotic tropical leaves
70 photos
A lead is not a leaf is not a leaf... so much variety, no many styles of veins and edges, of colors and shadows. The wonders of Mother Nature.
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Abstract
138 photos
We tend to overlook the surfaces around us. Accumulate them into objects... grates, grills, sidewalk surfaces, peeling paint, smudges, drips and drizzles... until suddenly something focuses our...
The Beach
20 photos
Sun, blue sky and people's stuff. Summer beaches and fun. Umbrellas and surfboards, crabs and seaweed, shovels, sand castles and moats.
Sand isn't just bright gritty stuff that gets in shoes and...
Simple But Essential
39 photos
These too often overlooked items are essential. Thanks to their inventors and manufacturers, our lives are more safe and simple.
Fog and mist
15 photos
Hazy. Muted. Vapor covering brightness and detail. Shortening perspective.
Soft. Misty.
Fog.
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Tropical Wood
58 photos
Here in the Tropics, trees stagger the imagination. Sap jewels hang suspended. Sail-like bracts protect vital growth plates. Palms armored in orange and green enamels. Silk Floss trees with giant...
Palm Patterns
68 photos
The trunks of palms are fascinating... enhances by molds, stains, roots, even rust trails from nails. Smooth, ridged, pitted. Or hard and enameled.
Each view a piece of art, though only a tiny...
Women in Leadership China
42 photos
Susan Ford Collins was invited to present one day training programs for Women in Leadership in China.
The text they used was her book, The Joy of Success, published by Citic Publishing House in...
Shanghai China
88 photos
Shanghai is the most modern and most ancient city I have ever seen. Its high tech skyline and enclaves of antiquity... Yu Gardens and White Jade Buddha Temple... exist side by side in harmony....
Xitang China
64 photos
A canal city about an hour from Shanghai by bus. A delightful place to slow down your pace and slide back in time.
Mission Impossible 3 was filmed here despite the impression the film gives that it...
Fantasy Garden Lotus
12 photos
When I was invited to China to speak, no one knew that I had a treasured Koi pond and lilies back in Miami. So you can imagine my delight when I pushed open the windows and looked out.
I...
Fantasy Gardens Shanghai
39 photos
The title of where we would stay in Shanghai held a mighty promise half way around the world. But would it deliver?
It was hard to tell when we arrived so jet lagged that a shady tree looked like a...
Qingdao China
76 photos
A small resort town I was told, so I was shocked when Qingdao turned out to be a city of 8 million! From the airport it took an hour to reach our hotel, driving past new construction and car...
Qibao China
45 photos
Qibao is the only ancient town in greater Shanghai. Built in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126), it grew into a prosperous business center during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties...
India
107 photos
Bombay (now Mumbai), Matheron, Pune, New Delhi and Agra. Rich textures. Architecture far surpassing Rome and Greece. Gold leaf and intricate scripts carved in sandstone. Iron gates spiked to prevent...
Mexico
41 photos
Pyramids, markets, beaches. Rush of color and texture wherever you look. Lemons, limes, oranges on sticks. White peacocks and golden egrets grace our lawn. Markets overflow with herbs and...
Jamestown
48 photos
Jamestown almost didn't survive. The site was swampy and mosquito ridden, and the Indians more skillful hunters than the settlers. But Chief Powhatan underestimated how many English settlers would be...
Israel Images
72 photos
From Roman ruins to desert temples carved into rock walls. Sand, heat. Camels complaining about having to get up, water and head out into the desert. Early Galilee settlers fought mosquitoes and...
Cornwall and Merlin's Cave
80 photos
I came here in search of Merlin's Cave. It was pitch dark when I arrived about midnight but, at first light, some inner sense guided me down the steep cliff relentlessly. Rocks slid and, after a few...
Sunrise Sunset: Miami
56 photos
Dark but glorious. In the distance, a rosy glow rises urging me back inside for my camera.
Looking up, trees and bark glisten in the almost daylight.
The sky lightens. Shadows darken trees and...
Aspen Colorado
104 photos
Rocky Mountain town with a varied history. Hunting grounds to summering Ute Indians driven out by silver prospectors in the 1870's. Frenzied mining, digging, smelting, cutting trees. laying train...
Taos Pueblo
47 photos
Adobe... an ancient mixture of straw and mud which bakes in the desert sun and need to be repaired regularly. It has marvelous insulating properties, perfect for the New Mexico desert. In this set,...
Living in a Dome
52 photos
Several years ago, my friend John told me that he and Sandra were going to build a dome. But I had no idea what a work of art they had created until, one week before it sold, I flew in and we drove...
Lake Placid New York
54 photos
Summer respite from Miami heat. Mountains and lakes of upper New York state in full bloom and fruit. Hiking, climbing, plunging in cold lakes. Mount Joe wasn't a leisurely stroll but, after...
North Miami... art and reflection
11 photos
I live close to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). On my morning walk yesterday, while I was busy shooting pictures of flowers and Lubbers, I cut through a street I usually don't take and ended...
A Winter Walk in Montreal
50 photos
From sunny Florida every Christmas we fly to wintery Montreal filled not with thermometer warmth but with the warmth of family, history and my husband's Chinese culture!
Walks in Old Montreal,...
Icy Canadian Christmas
24 photos
Twenty-below zero, road-salt water quick-freezing in gutters, snaring leaves and petrifying tire treads. Two feet of snow warmed to melting by the afternoon sun. An intensely cold night glazing over...
Christmas in Montreal
34 photos
Family together. A long walk in new snow, cold. Returning from outside to a warm fragrant kitchen... cookies, sweet buns and steamed glasses. Merry Christmas!
Martha's Vineyard Woods
5 photos
The smell of the place so familiar that the girl in me rushes out to find mosses, their fruiting stalks rusty wires balancing next season’s spores on golden plates,
sacred offering to future...
Morning After July 4th
42 photos
We're up early to savor the sunrise. Grabbing towels, peaches and nuts. But today there is no sunrise. A mass of grey clouds is all we can see as we stroll Miami Beach. Instead of glorious rosy skies...
Pre-Hurricane Skies
13 photos
The birds know in advance as they queve up on telephone lines. A hurricane is on its way.
I have set out with my camera because I know too... the beauty before the storm. The brilliant colors, the...
Beach Walks
60 photos
When you live in Miami, it is easy to get caught up in busy-ness and forget the magic of the beach. But today I broke through.
And the beach was there waiting for me... in all its glory. Seaweed,...
Suddenly Geese
44 photos
I was crossing the canal bridge on my way home, my camera slung over my shoulder, when a friendly family of geese headed straight for me. It took a second for me to sling my camera around, take off...
Eggs, Crates and Chicks
12 photos
My neighborhood farm supply store is one of my favorite places to go to for finch food and koi chow. Of course I have to take my pictures through the wire but the feeling is strong and clear for me....
Gems and Treasures
273 photos
As we go about our lives, we collect treasures. For some, these are baseball cards or caps, ceramic bowls or marbles. For me, it's small pieces of jade, tiny bits of coral. Stones. Shells. Clay...
Bony Art and Design
68 photos
Bones, ribs, struts, jaws. Related. Harmonious. Inspiring. Ceramics, weavings. Patterns in puddles. Deserts and beaches. Lichens on tree trunks. Branches in snow.
What we see, what we think, and...
Yoga... light, shadow & strength
14 photos
What a joy it was to photograph my daughter Cathy teaching her yoga class. The morning light and shadow highlight her strength and reveal the precision of her movements... the result of years of...
Memories from childhood in Richmond
20 photos
When I was a girl, we lived in the English Village in Richmond. And so did my two uncles and their families and my grandmother. She lived next door. We shared the back door ice and milk-delivery...
My beloved Smith
113 photos
A place that holds memories for me… good ones and painful ones. Familiar air and ground that has experienced profound emotions with me. Elation and ripping away. An expected call from my dad... My...
212 Greenwood
63 photos
Throughout our lives, we search for home. My husband's job had brought us to a new town and it was time to search again. We didn't want to buy a house others had fixed up to match their dreams. We...