Such a great year 2024 has come and gone, but with this new year, I am feeling very optimistic about the future. Normally, my family and I would be going into the new year with more negativity than positivity,

Happy Holidays! Just popping in real quick to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. This was my first Christmas as a grandpa and it was really cool to be able to be here and celebrate

So much fun I was asked to take some pictures of some new construction at a local farm yesterday. It was a really great shoot and it pushed my creativity to try and capture interesting photos of the new

Such a great time Last week, I had the honor of attending the Christmas party for my wife's work. My wife spends a lot of time each year getting these events ready and she is usually pretty stressed during

The Aragosta Restaurant This past week was the Christmas parties for my wife's work and they both turned out amazing. They have a party for the northern Utah team and the southern team. Thursday, we drove

Feeling Festive Christmas in the past hasn't really been a special time of your for my family. Ever since our kids were little, we never really did much to celebrate this time of year. It could have been

Panaeolus Cyanescens TTVBI It's been a while since I wrote anything about mushrooms here on Hive. I am still on my journey of healing and self discovery with these substances. Over the last few months,

Photo by my wife It's been a little bit Its been a few months since my last post. I know that I had said I was leaving Hive, but to be honest, I miss posting here. It had become part of my routine over

Thank you Hive As I move into this next chapter of my life, it is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to the community that I have grown to love over the last six years. I have had a great time sharing

Just a test As the end of summer approaches, that means that the hummingbirds that come to my yard will soon be migrating back down south for the winter. So I am running out of chances to get pictures

Such weird bugs Today while I was on my morning walk, I found a dragon fly in the grass. I normally would have just left it there and kept walking, but when I looked at it up close, I noticed that it was

These shots were hard to get Hummingbirds are super fast little creatures. And the closer you are to them trying to get pictures, the harder it seems to be. For these shots, I was probably within about

These birds are magical Hummingbirds are my favorite type of bird out there. They may even be my spirit animal. There is just something so magical about these birds are they zip around at super high speeds.

I hope he is ok A few days ago when I was taking pictures of my flowers, I noticed a small finch that didn't fly away like all the other birds do when I got close. I noticed it hanging out on the ground

Glad to get getting these types of pictures again Things have been pretty busy lately and I haven't had a chance to spend some time with my hummingbird feeders lately. Luckily, I had some time this morning

Bees are my buds I spent some time this morning hanging out in my sunflower garden watching the bees. It is really cool watching bees on my sunflowers because they just get covered in pollen and look so

So fun One thing I have been super excited for is playing with our grandson and showing him bubbles. It is always really cool to see babies see bubbles and just be filled with wonder about them. I bought

Just livin life to the fullest Man, it seems like forever since my last post here on Hive. It's crazy that I used to be posting everyday, and when I was doing my photography contests, sometimes I would

My flowers are blooming This year, I had set up a bird feeder in front of my bedroom window so that we could watch the birds eat. It was really cool to watch them and my cats loved it too. The only bad

Rusty and Keiichi love spending time outside. Whenever I go to the backdoor, Keiichi is the first one to sit by it and wait to go outside. Once they get outside, they spend their time exploring around