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Stopped at a glass factory while touring Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, I was more interested in the flowers and birds around the well manicured grounds than in touring the glass factory. Peafowl and song birds were showing off and sounding off amid the abundant blooming flowers and bushes in the area, so my husband and I opted out of the tour in favor of getting some good photos in the great light of another beautiful Africa morning. This handsome peacock was parading around as if in charge. Research tells me that there are only three different types of peafowl, and the ones we observed in Eswatini are the Congo variety with feathers and plumage that are predominantly brown, rather than the bright blue and green of the Indian peafowl that are commonly seen in the US.

Simply put, I LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES. I found this love later in life than many do, after raising my family and enjoying a career in education, both as a teacher and school administrator. Currently, much of my time revolves around travel and photography, and when I'm not traveling and taking pictures, I'm thinking about traveling and taking pictures! The Tennessee valley is my home, so I am surrounded by some of the most scenic areas of the United States with the added bonus of plentiful wildlife and birds...literally paradise for a photographer! My best days are spent in the mountains enjoying God's amazing creation and trying to capture all things nature with my camera. It gives me great joy to use this medium to share the intricacies of...