Steve and I live in the Highlands of Scotland during the summer. This year we visited abandoned cottages (with permission) and learned as much as we could about the former inhabitants. In do so we felt a sense of loss and a true sense of the home that once was. Places not always abandoned but once well loved. With this in mind we set to recreate life in these residences. And, in doing so, remembered laughter, conversations, and movement. But that couldn't overcome the awareness of the ones forgotten to time.
It has taken me quite a while to consider myself a photographer.In my lifetime I have been daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, empty nester, widow, and partner.Never in those years was I a photographer. Frankly, except for family memories, I didn't have time. Some might, and have said that I am stubborn.I prefer determined.When I had time later in my life to learn new skills, I decided to be determined about photography.It has been a Life changing,challenging new skill. I have always seen stories in the world around me,now I have a way to tell them.
