Success!!! At Least I Hope!

This is happy me. There is nothing that I love more than volunteering at Government Canyon State Natural Area. No, I do not get paid, but the privilege of working with the rangers and being in the middle of nature is more than I can ask for.

I hiked there for almost 10 years, during which time I also taught in San Antonio. When there it was not uncommon to see me back pack, as many juices and snacks as I could carry,

along with my trusty camera. We had fallen (my camera and I) more than once, but I must proudly say that my camera was never damaged.

Going through this tutorial and finding ways to combine my "niches," has been a bit of a journey. I have always loved nature. I have always loved photography (however, when I was little there was no such thing as digital), and technology.

Rather than keeping me from nature, technology has became my voice. What I could not explain in words, my camera and computer could shout to the world. Once I was asked what I saw when I took a picture; no words came to mind or even out of my mouth. That was when I realized that what I saw, was internal.

Oh, no, how was I going to blog? I could not just put pictures, but then it hit me, I only began to notice nature as I tried to live mindfully. Thinking of how peaceful that made me, and seeing the smiles on the faces of those who saw the pictures I had taken, I wanted to share the peace that I found, the oneness with nature, the wisdom that only nature could share, with others.