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A gardener in the San Benito Valley just south of San Jose, CA.
I am learning about photography by taking a lot of pictures and by looking at what others have done. I feel that pictures capture me...not always what I am looking for.

My world view is that God has created everything. Sin in the world has brought darkness and seperation in to the wonders of His creation. God sent His son, Jesus into the world to save us from the darkness that has covered our souls. Jesus bled and died to bring us into the Love and Light of God. This deep Joy is in my heart though I have to contend with the darkness that has been there and that still clouds my vision at times. I rely only on Jesus, a real living God who knows me and loves me without condition. I say all this becasue it affects the things I see and try to show in my pictures.

Also....I have a great wife, a wonderful family and I love to play soccer (though I'm pretty old).

...I seem to add too many pictures!

Here is a song I wrote:

A New Creation

Lord, what did you do?
Thought I was doing fine on my own.
But then you came along…
Now nothing is the same anymore
My life’s all turned around; it’s all upside down,

And there’s nothing left for me,
So I fall beneath the tree
Lord you did it all for me…on Calvary
Oh Calvary, that bloody tree…
Oh Calvary
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Now where am I to go?
My friends don’t hang around here anymore
And what am I to know….?
I’m lost and so I’m standing at your door
And I want to walk right in, but Lord there’s my sin….

And there’s nothing left of me
So I bow beneath the tree
Lord you did it all for me…on Calvary
Oh Calvary, that bloody tree…
Oh Calvary
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Lord I was so blind,
From deep within my cave I couldn’t see
But when you rolled away the stone
Your light broke in my heart and set me free
And as I walk out with you…everything is new

And I’m a new creation
Oh, Lord I am born again
Lord you are the author
And I’m your poem.