Evergreengirl's photostream  

Well, as of this writing, it's been just a little over three years since I uploaded my first picture to Flickr on October 19, 2008. It all started out innocently enough, signing up for Flickr just to have a place to archive my pictures. But Flickr has turned out to be so much more - a place to meet new friends, discover new worlds, share new ideas, learn, be inspired and take on new challenges.

Personally, the last two years have been a time of growth and change for me. My husband and I, both in our early sixties, retired, sold our little homestead on 5 acres in the country, moved to a condo (I hated it!), then moved to our new place - a modest manufactured home whose main claim to fame is that I again have some space to garden, which is something I can't seem to live without.

Photography has become increasingly important to me as a creative outlet. Up until the end of 2008 I'd been using an Olympus C-7000 Zoom, a nice little "point and shoot" camera that I am still pretty fond of and which will always have a place in my pocket. After much deliberation, in January of 2009 I purchased a DSLR - a Canon EOS Rebel XSi and I am still in the process of learning how to use it.

Although I photograph a variety of subjects, my primary goal is to share with others the amazing, awe-inspiring, soul enriching, beautiful natural world that we all inhabit. The little bit that I inhabit is in the northwest corner of Washington State in the United States on the North American Continent on the planet Earth - and what a beautiful place it is.

I value my relationships with my contacts, but as the list has grown I find it increasingly difficult to keep up with everyone. Although I'm always flattered when someone adds me as a contact, please understand that if I add you back I will expect a certain degree of interaction from you. If I put the time and effort into visiting your stream and commenting on your pictures I would like to receive the same courtesy from you in return. So please don't add me as a contact if you're only trying to amass a huge contacts list in the hopes of getting lots of comments and making Explore.

If you have one of those anonymous Flickr face buddy icons, no photos available to me, no contacts and/or belong to no groups I will most likely block you. Flickr is all about sharing.

I welcome constructive criticism on my pictures.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.