- To Danny Niles, thanks for making dinners and running errands and chasing kids so that I can work on this!
- To all my children: Brittany E., Kara, Brittany J.A., Selena, Topanga, Brandon & Kenneth. Thanks for giving me the space I've need to work & think
- and for all the soda and ice water service - you guys rock! Now POOF! - To mom and dad for your understanding when house payments are late and when phone calls are not returned;) Your support is so appreciated!
- To all my friends and family! Thanks for understanding my hermit state at the moment. I love you all so much! (especially Brittany & Jesse - more
than you know) - Roxanne - For being my first model and braving the ocean - BRRRRRRRR you are a bit nuts if you ask me!
- To my late Aunt Marjorie Pirie for inspiring the artist within me when I so young. Please be sure to check back and explore the link I'll be creating
to a page dedicated to her works of art and class notes. There will be a plethora of knowledge shared here! - To my late grandparents, Faye and Hannah Pirie, for the bonds I cashed in to buy my first real camera in 1983! The Nikon FM2 is STILL the leading
film camera in the Nikon line! - Michael Lebby for all the tips and tutoring when I first started taking pictures way back when I was sixteen! And for the help selecting my first real
camera - a Nikon FM 2 - which I still use to this day for my B&W art. - To Ellin Beltz and her hubby, Ken Mierzwa for inspiring me to pick my camera up again in 2003! THANK YOU SO MUCH! (btw I am in the
acknowledgements page of her new book - that is just the most flattering compliment I have ever received. WOW! - To Cody Butski, my Couronne Kid and our Forum creator - all those little computer tips and site links have paid off!
- DodgeDriver, my Couronne best bud, for all the hours of games that helped me relax and not forget that it is still important to play a little!
- To JoJo - otherwise known in the realm of Couronne as LV (Lazy Vampire), for creating my beautiful LASSY the Points Faerie avatars you see on this
site! It must have brought me good luck in the game because I got my Gold Star today from DodgeDriver (12/23/05)! YAHOO - got my second from
him on the 28th! - getting close to the third now! - To Max69 - thank you for your links to the 2009 Camaro concept car! The way to this girl's heart is simple! LOL
- To BURT ~ You gave me the boost I needed the other night - Thank you for getting the fire going again. I also thank you for the wonderful
backgammon games you've let me lose. ;) Thank you also for staying up so late the other night and watching my first music video work! U Rock!
And welcome to the world of photography! How cool it is to have you join me in Fotothing.com! I look forward to seeing all of your art! - MAX69 how many times exactly will you save my computers from me! LOL ~ Thank you for your friendship, patience and willingness to teach me!
- 4Q2.....CRASH ~ You Rock - what a joy to meet you and have you in my life. Now get back in the GAME!
- Paul ~ an ocean may lay between us but you are still able to brighten my mornings. I am so pleased we met. I treasure our early morning games of
Couronne. You bring a bit of sparkle to the beginning of those days. I thank you for all the well played games and intelligent and lively
conversations we share! You are truly special! I would not play a timered game all by myself for just anyone. ;) And one last thing! I will NEVER
forget how you stood up for me when things got a bit rough in here for me the first two months of this year. Your friendship is invaluable. Cheers
M8! Here's to many more points for you! LOL :)~ Diamonds really are a girl's best friend aren't they! ;) - Christian... where to even begin! You are a bright and intelligent young man and I am so happy to have met you. Your words of praise and gift of
friendship mean the world to me. Good luck in school...the world of Architecture will be lucky to have you! - Blitzkreig! Thanks for keeping me company at night - I know we both should be sleeping instead of working and visiting but such is the life of the
night owls! - Sebastian ~ what a cool young man you are! Thank you for everything - Which by the way is OMG way to numerous
to even begin to list here! Karma Kisses and thanks for the beautiful flowers!
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| A Little History Just a little bit about me. |
| I am of Scottish, Norwegian, Danish and German decent. (click on flags for country info) My family came to America in the 1880's. My parents grew up in Iowa and after my sister and brother were born they moved to Los Angeles. I grew up near the big cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. I never really felt at home in the big city though and in 1992, just after I moved back to California from Maui, I drove up to the North Coast town of Fortuna, in Humboldt County, to visit my sister I just never went back! I fell in love with the majestic Redwood trees and coastal mists. I just couldn't convince myself of any good reason to return to the city. As you can see by the middle picture I used to visit this area with my parents in that '54 caddy. NOTE: I've recently begun moving to the Sacramento area as I've found a nice sized town near there with much better weather! Site changes will be coming really soon now as soon as we are settled in! |
| Ellin and I were visiting with Hobart Brown in his home in Ferndale, California one day when he leaned over and asked, "Have you noticed that your face changes daily?" I giggled and told him that I had. I recently found a graduation card from my Aunt Marjorie that said the same thing. So I thought just for the fun of it - I'd post some of the pictures of the "Many Faces of Me". As soon as time allows I will replace some with pictures from much over the years. OK - that is enough of that! Look below for some links to some websites from the area where I live and to those people in my life that have had an influence on me. Also a word to those that have helped this project of mine come to life! |
| Thank you for looking at my site! Please come back again soon as I am adding and changing things almost daily. It has been interesting to watch this site change. It is so different now and hard to believe that it started out in November of 2005 as just a one page site which I threw together in order to put some of my photographic art on the net as a part of my portfolio. More amazing still is that I knew nothing about building a site and even less about computers other than how to turn it on. During this journey I have learned so much about computers and all the amazing things that can be done with them. I love the power of knowledge and collaborative thinking. I started out building this alone but I didn't remain alone in this endeavor for long! I thank all the friends who live in my computer for helping me along the way. Your help has been invaluable! Who would have thought that a silly little Internet game would have brought some of the most amazing people into my life. I thank God every day for bringing us together! YOU ROCK! |
| The Burningman Art Festival takes place in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on an Ancient Dry Lake Bed. Click on this text to visit their official website. For a direct link to their picture gallery just click on the picture below or watch the slideshow made up of some of my pictures taken in 2004. |
| My heartfelt thanks go out to the following people for their help and support with this website! |
World Animated Flags - Complete collection of World Aimated Flags. Hundreds of other animated flags and animations.
| HeHe - got my Nikon D50 D200 will follow in a few months hopefully! |
| Photo by Ellin Beltz |
| Photo by John Meyer |
| Photo by Ken Mierzwa |
| Photo by Ellin Beltz |
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| Please respect the artworks found within the site. At this point in the journey I am open to my art being used as long as credit is given along with a link back to my site. Drop me an e-mail if you have a website and I'll put a link up to your site as well! |