"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength" - Rachel Carson

This quote from Rachel Carson inspires my photography and the exploration of my sense of wonder with the natural world.

  • “My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth.” - Lady Bird Johnson

    Wildflowers

  • "The more closely we look at objects of nature, the more beauty we find within that purposefulness of design..." - Andreas Feininger

    Black and White Botanicals

  • "Yet from this nest of thorns, this snare of hooks and fiery spines, is born once each year a splendid flower.” - Edward Abbey

    Cactus

  • "And then there is the world of little things, seen all too seldom…some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale" - Rachel Carson

    Macro

  • "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." - John Muir

    Landscapes

  • "National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst." - Wallace Stegner

    National Parks

  • "The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time." - Henry David Thoreau

    Waterfalls

  • "... One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Sand, Wind, Light

  • "One reason that birds matter is that they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. " - Jonathan Franzen

    Birds

  • "...the masterpiece of nature, the perfectest venture imaginable” ― Alfred Russel Wallace

    Feathered Reflections

  • "Birds have wings; they're free; they have the kind of mobility many people envy." - Roger Tory Peterson

    The Art of Flight

  • “Butterflies are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

    Butterflies

  • "How beautifully leaves grow old! How full of light and color are their last days!" - John Burroughs

    Autumn

  • "Once upon a time words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first no one noticed--fading away like water on stone.” - Robert MacFarlane

    The Lost Words

  • "...Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they stand for the earth immediately and forever; they are its flags and shields” - N. Scott Momaday

    Those Who Came Before

  • “There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.” – Willie Nelson

    Austin Cityscapes