I haven’t had much to write about over the past couple of years, not surprisingly due to what has been happening in the world. I have had a few local excursions mainly for camera therapy. Cathie and I did take a trip to Florida in November 2021, and I plan on doing a write up on that trip soon. But otherwise, it’s been a long couple of years with very little new art being created.

I spent most of the downtime sharpening my Photoshop skills through tutorials and virtual seminars. There are tools that I needed to add to my skill set. And I spent a lot of time re-assessing how I approach the process of creating while behind the camera. It was time well spent, and I finally was able to put some of these skills and processes to work last week when Cathie and I returned to the Smokies for the first time since 2019.

I will be posting about some of the locations we went to, and the fun we had on the trip, in upcoming posts. But, for now, it was a tremendous feeling to be back in one of my favorite locations, immersed in photography for a week. I also was able to test my limits physically after an unexpected health issue that cropped up in December. Some of my daredevilry returned on the trails, and it felt good to be back to my old self again.