Week #49 Theme: Guest Blog Posts

By Audrey Miller
"I love this photo because to me it tells a story of life's unexpected gifts.  I have a friend who also enjoys nature photography and we had been talking for a while about trying to arrange a little photography road trip some afternoon. Finally, we picked a day that worked for both of us and headed out.  It was a fairly warm spring day.  As we drove east of town on our random journey, we got a huge surprise.  There had been an ice storm that morning just east of us.  We knew nothing about it but as we drove we were both surprised and delighted to find that the whole world was turned into a sparkling, beautiful landscape as every little twig and branch and needle was coated with ice.  It was magical and I exclaimed over and over about the beauty of it and the fact that we had no idea we were driving into this.  This photo is my favorite that I took that day.  Just looking at it invokes in me that same feeling of gratitude and wonder that I felt that day."

This week, we have a special treat: I have invited seven different guests to share one of their photos on my blog each day. In addition to viewing their unique photo, you will get to read their description of it, and I will tell you about my connection to the guests and/or their work.

Audrey Miller and I grew up in the same community but our paths didn’t cross much – I left the area to teach school and then to get married fairly soon after her family moved in. I was happy to find her photography page, Hunt for Beauty, on facebook in recent years. (You can also find her new website at www.huntforbeautygallery.com) Her incredible nature photos are often scenes from a beautiful area I hold dear to my heart: northern Wisconsin. I love “hunting for beauty” through Audrey’s eyes and photo lenses.