I believe it was Oscar Wilde who wrote: ‘With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.’ I would rather argue: most of the time age comes alone.

Sentimental Journal Magazine #8 is out! The theme of this issue is 'fauna' and I can't wait to see how beautifully this theme has been developed by a variety of authors, photographers and artists. The preview looks very promising.

In spite of the colder temperatures, I love photographing winter scenes, especially when the sun lingers longer at dusk or dawn. The contrast of trees, pinks skies over a lake, waterfowl looking for an ice-free place: there is so much beauty to experience in a small radius around our house!

‘Mushrooms were the roses in the garden of that unseen world, because the real mushroom plant was underground. The parts you could see - what most people called a mushroom - was just a brief apparition. A cloud flower.’ ―Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood