The New Photographer Collective

05/17/2025

What should my first European trip be? Christmas markets or summer vineyards? .

05/16/2025

I am dying! While waiting on hold during a phone call, I asked ChatGPT to turn my son’s dog and my St. Bernard into humans! Lol.

05/15/2025

My intuition is very powerful because I’m a silent observer of people. I watch the details in their actions and behaviors and then I study the outcomes to see if their actions match up to my instincts. Because patterns always reveal the truth, I’ve learned to trust my gut so much that it only has to whisper to me to be heard. Not yell, and it’s very rarely wrong.

05/15/2025

Sometimes you just need to get your nails done!

05/15/2025

Sometimes you just need to get your nails done! Hot pink for summer.

05/12/2025

I’m wrapping up studying for my real estate license and I’ve been thinking a lot about my career goals. As I’ve mentioned many times, I’ve been doing a lot of internal work when it comes to my mindset and self-talk. I gave up all of my career ambitions when I became a stay-at-home mom. While I don’t regret that decision (I had a lot of amazing years with my kids), I know I lost a lot of confidence in who I was as an independent woman. My identity became, solely, mom and wife. Months ago, I would’ve told myself, “You are too old to be truly successful at real estate” or “You’ve been out of the workforce for so long, how do you expect to be smart enough to do this?” Now, I tell myself very different things…things that will hopefully propel me towards success instead of away from it. But shifting my thinking into a success mindset has made me think a lot about what success truly means in a career. Yes, I hope to make enough money to create the freedom for an amazing life, but more importantly, there are a few other motivators that resonate with me far more. The first is philanthropy. This is truly the biggest motivation for me. I want to be successful so that I can give back and make the world a better place. What good is making a nice income if you aren’t able to give back and pour into the causes that make people’s lives better. The other is really being a guide for a homeowner. Purchasing a home is one of the biggest investments someone can make, and I want to make sure that I’m the absolute best agent for everyone I work with. Success to me isn’t just about an income, it’s about investing in people’s lives.

On a side note: I sure wouldn’t mind being able to work from a little cafe in Paris someday, too! 😉

04/28/2025

Divorce is a strange process. It has given me space to look internally, discover the things I love about myself, and reflect on the things I know I need to change to become a better person. I have far more quiet time now that I am single, and I have time to really work through my thoughts (which is why I have insomnia). I think about my dreams, goals, and the things holding me back and preventing growth in all areas of my life. It is NOT easy to face those imperfections, some of which contributed to the breakdown of relationships in my life, but it is necessary. That is where we find growth and a path towards a better future. It is how we become better for ourselves and those around us. I refuse to stay stagnant like the murky water in a dirty pond. I am not saying it is easy to break the old behaviors I have used to manage emotions and decisions over the past 40 + years, but it is necessary. The only person that I can blame for not moving forward in growth is myself. So, yes, the past week has been a weird and somewhat difficult one regarding introspection, but it is part of the necessary process needed to learn and grow.

03/31/2025

Beautiful Colorado sky!

02/23/2023

I have not posted on here in years but AI is getting freaky. I created these in Midjourney.

07/11/2022

Precious.

"Sad night last night but today is a brighter day. The ewe (female sheep) on the left lambed a stillborn and we were unable to resuscitate it. She cried most of the night longing for her lamb after we removed it.

The ewe on the right lambed twins last week, though they were very small. It seems that today she has given one of her twins to the grieving mother to raise as her own. This is a photo of them together with their new children."

Credit: Bishop Family Farm