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Red poppies fill a field under large clouds on a summer day in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

Aside from being beautiful garden additions, poppies are symbolic of military veterans. During WWI, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian physician serving in Belgium within sight of battlefields where poppies now bloomed wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" to commemorate the soldiers who died there. He himself later died in 1918 of the Spanish Flu. Moina Michael, a YMCA Overseas War secretary in New York, read that he had passed away and decided to always wear a red poppy in remembrance. Later the American Legion adopted the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of our veterans.

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I am a nature photographer based in the beautiful Willamette Valley of Oregon. Living in the Pacific Northwest lends itself to inspiration. I am surrounded by beautiful colors and textures, whether in the spring flowers and meadows or the majestic forests and rivers. I don't have to go far to find beautiful shots, in fact many of them come from within a few miles of my house or even my backyard. I also love capturing objects and scenes in monochrome, finding that removing color brings out the essence of the subject. I have a passion for my craft, and am always learning and growing. I hope you enjoy my work. If you would like to see it in person, my photography can be found at Linn County Arts Guild Gifts and Gallery in Lebanon, Oregon.