Photography
I feel like I’ve been looking through the lens of a camera all my life. I carried a camera to girl’s camp and church youth conferences, took pictures wherever I went. I had one photography class in college and used to have a better camera. For years, all I had was a phone filled with thousands of photos. Santa brought me a Canon Rebel T7 for Christmas 2021. I’ll share some of my better photos here. Follow me on Instagram here.
Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Receive Gifts
Clad in my camo snowmobile suit, raspberry-colored knit hat (to warn off deer hunters), red gloves, and boots, I slip my camera strap over my head and emerge from my warm house into the cold, overcast January morning. Ready for bird photography, I scan my front yard and walk toward the field. No birds are…
How My Life Became Miraculous Overnight
Do you have goals and dreams that you’ve been working toward for years? I did. I felt like God had called me to do specific things and had made promises about how my life would be. But rather than moving toward them, everything started falling apart instead! Just as it looked like it was completely…
Sandhill Crane Animal Symbolism
Sandhill cranes mate for life (or until their mate dies). They are very devoted to one another and model the ideal romantic relationship. They are a good symbol for a happy marriage. Sandhill cranes have a distinct trumpeting call. It sounds like a combination of the chirp of a trumpet mixed with a little rattle…
Sunsets: A Lesson in Nature’s Equality
Each sunset is unique. There’s not one that is the same, even when you’re looking at the same patch of sky night after night after night. It’s easy to let the days run into each other, going through the motions, head-down, nose to the grindstone, and miss out on the wonders and beauties to be…
The Light Within
Within each human heart is a divine spark, forged in the eternal light of God. This light connects us to all of nature, and to each other. In this light we are all one and are one with all things because this light infuses all things, gives light to all things, and gives life to…
Lunar Eclipses and Lackluster Experiences
The most recent lunar eclipse in mid-May taught me something about my expectations and how I let them rob me of the joy of the moment. I was able to capture some photos of the eclipse while it was in process. Unfortunately, just as it reached its peak, the haze moved in and then the…
Mourning dove in a tree - taken through our back window with telephoto on Canon Rebel T7
Squirrel raiding our bird feeder again! Taken through our back door window with telephoto lens on Canon Rebel T7
White-tail deer in the Chickamauga Battlefield, taken with iPhone SE
Dave Kuhns in Nashville, TN, taken with iPhone SE
Cardinal in our backyard, taken with Canon Rebel T7
Sea Nettles at Tennessee Aquarium
An evening with my daughter Jillian on her 25th birthday. Sushi in Athens GA.
Ringgold Georgia
In my Zen office space
In my Zen office
Dave mowed the spiral in the crownbeard field.
In our field in Northwest Georgia - Spirit Tree Farms
Eating from our garden at Spirit Tree Farms
In Ringgold, Georgia
Our garden in Northwest Georgia at Spirit Tree Farms
Harvesting our first cushaw of 2021 at Spirit Tree Farms
Marnie, her dad, and Dave with our harvest of cushaw squash.
At Dave's parent's house on Lake Winneconne.
At Dave's parent's house on Lake Winneconne.
Purple martin and purple martin houses on Lake Winneconne Wisconsin
Sunset with the Kuhns family at Lake Winneconne, Wisconsin
From one of our wildflower patches at Spirit Tree Farms, Northwest Georgia
Getting ready for the Independence Day Fireworks in Ringgold, Georgia
Taken on our trip to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan
Taken from our upper garden at Spirit Tree Farms
Taken by our house in Ringgold, GA
Quote overlaid on a photo of tulips I took in Holland, Michigan.
Marnie at Tulip Garden in Holland, Michigan
Holland, Michigan
Dave at a Holland Michigan Tulip Farm
John Adams quote overlaid on a photo I took at the Chattanooga National Cemetery where my mother is buried.
We found these killdeer eggs out by our garden in the field.
These some flowers my mother planted in her yard in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
We visited several beaches on Lake Michigan in 2021. So beautiful!
Marnie and Dave at a lighthouse on Lake Michigan
View of the Grand Hotel from the Secret Garden. Mackinac Island, Michigan
On Mackinac Island Michigan
Marnie and Dave at the Cana Lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin
Gems at the JOGS Gem Show in Tucson Arizona
Purchased at JOGS (Gem Show) in Tucson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Roses I picked from my parents' house. Mama's passed but her flowers remain.
