In 2015, Lexi and I were on vacation in Monterey, CA. We brought a camera Lexi had purchased for her art class and were on a whale-watching boat ride. I held onto it after a bit and tried to watch the birds to catch a whale breaching. And well, I did. And that's how it started; I was hooked. For about a year, starting September 2021, I went without a camera in favor of building a home gym and with the hopes of updating to a mirrorless, full-frame system when I could return to the hobby.

4/14/24: Added pictures to Birds (In the Wild; and Ducks & Geese), Bees & Wasps

4/13/24: Add pictures to Birds (In the Wild; and Ducks & Geese), Frogs, Turtles, and Squirrels

3/30/24: Added a fun picture to Squirrels with a new lens! The Sigma 100-400mm is heading to retirement, and the Sony 200-600mm is in!

2/25/24: New season, new carousels! Got out to the Cedar River area between Mount Trashmore and Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. Added carousels for Birds (In The Wild) and Ducks & Geese; Replaced How It's Going image

10/1/23: Added Birds (Wild), Squirrels, Weather, Artemis, Apollo, Malachai, Loki

9/29/23: Back after figuring out how to link this site to a different domain host! Google sold its domain service to SquareSpace, and I didn't feel like giving SquareSpace money. Added some arachnids, grasshoppers, and a beetle-ish thing