So today I turn 40. I think the first 40 years have gone quite well and I plan to have fun over the next 40 years, and stay in good enough health to enjoy it. I've really cleaned up my diet, to the point where I rarely eat processed sugar or any type of refined, processed foods. Also I work out and my body fat is pretty low. I don't have kids so it's easy for me to focus on things I enjoy. My mom always said it was selfish to not have kids, which in a sense is true I suppose, because it gives me freedom to do what I want and not have to worry about the responsibility of children. Plus it leaves more money to spend on photography gear! 
I haven't done a ton of photography this past spring/summer because I've spent most of my time working on restoring my yard to a native habitat for birds. However, I am signed up for Jim Neiger's Fly South With the Birds
workshop in January, and I plan to Spend a night with 10,000 cranes in the spring. Plus I'll do the Houston (MN) Owl Festival and visit Sax Zim Bog over the winter. I'll be volunteering for the MN Raptor Center as well. Anyway, those are a few of my goals/plans that I think about today as I enter another big decade. Just thought I'd share!
Here's a photo from July, taken in the Grand Tetons:
I'm not looking forward to turning 40 in Febuary. The last few years haven't been kind on my health so I can only imagine what 40 and beyond is going to bring me
