Sunshine Ink

Had an opportunity to work with a photography client earlier this month, and had fun photographing farm animals, beautiful horses, and horse-lovin girls in the snow ❄️🌞🐎🐐🐖😃📸🙏🏻

Proud of this one! Love seeing these budding nonprofits grow with funding. Excited for another year of grantwriting for Protect The Game! They are doing awesome things for Veterans and youth sports, across the US! 💙❤️🤍⚾️🏈🏀⚽️

If you know of a veteran interest in receiving free training and equipment to become a youth sport umpire for a variety of sports, reach out to Patty!

Spent a week in Missouri, and a weekend at Lake of the Ozarks, with family and friends in the Kansas City area. Such a beautiful time of year for a visit. We saw the comet two nights in a row, over the lake. Lots of fun playing in the water, enjoying Ozarks quirky food establishments, time spent with wonderful humans, and several beautiful hikes. There is never enough time, but did make the visit to where we spread dad’s ashes. My favorite part of visiting Missouri, these days, is ‘aunt Annie’ time. Grateful for the humans that made me an aunt, and for time spent bathed in the love and goodness of family. 🙏🏻💜🍁🍂🌹

Sunday afternoon, to Tuesday morning, Maverick and I spent two nights, two paddles, and two short hikes, exploring more of State Forest State Park. Love this part of Colorado so much, especially dressed in fall. The colors were incredible and the humans were sparse. We camped at North Michigan Creek Reservoir with lake-front access, resident pair of bald eagles, and several incredible sunsets and sunrises.

I have Starlink now (50g mini), and an upgraded power source that leaves me feeling stress-free about having the internet on. This area is far from cell service, but when I found my perfect camp spot I was able to use Internet to book it. On Monday, I attend an hour &15min of zoom meetings with teams, doing active work projects, and didn’t have any internet glitches. It is pretty amazing! And, when I am ready to enjoy the peaceful disconnect from ‘connectedness,’ I can, by simply turn off the power. I love being able to get out into the woods, and still be able to work, and am excited to do more ‘close to home’ trips like this. My mental health is so much better when I can be outdoors all the time.

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