Sunshine makes me think. Sunshine has always had the ability to open up my mind , my eyes, and my heart to see what’s beautiful out there. I could never ever survive if I had lived either on the East Coast or the West Coast of Canada because I’d have to deal with all the cloudy rainy foggy days.

I grew up on Main Street which kind of makes you really wonder because our street was not the main thorough fare of the little village. But it was called Main Street. It had 25 houses and, to just put it into perspective, the last house on the street was a farm. And at the top of our street was Tyndall school.

One Christmas when I was 10 years old my mom and dad got me a Kodak camera. Christmas morning was a beautiful day. The sun was shining bright and there was frost on every branch and every tree and it was just a maze of sparkles. So out I went dressed up warm. I put on some mitts and took my camera to capture the beauty. I used my entire roll of film on frost, the beautiful beautiful hoarfrost on every tree branch. It was one of the happiest moments in my life.
My mom was good enough to get the pictures all developed and of course they were all in black-and-white but it was the first time I was able to capture the sunshine and the magic. I continue to this day loving the time that I can spend out in nature or just wandering and taking pictures.

It wasn’t until last year that I finally got myself a really nice Canon camera with lots of accessories. I could take pictures again when I wanted to. I could edit them and smile with every change.
The only difference now is I can enjoy this artistic side. I never gave myself credit for being able to capture beauty. It wasn’t until others started seeing my photos that I started to accept that I was good at this. And it wasn’t until I started to like myself that I believed them. And to also accept that of 100 photos, I might delete 100 of them. That is reality of life and honesty with myself. Just like some people can hear perfect pitch, I see beauty. If all the elements and exact lighting are there, wow. Sunshine makes me very very happy. I make me very happy.