"Books loved anyone who opens them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return;" -Cornelia Funke

When I was younger Bilbo Baggins was one of my best friends. I loved the idea of a comfortable little homebody setting out on a grand adventure and finding that he had the potential to make a great difference. Fantasy is powerful because it can apply to so many people. The element of metaphor that's woven between the strands of realism makes it incredibly adaptable. To a child a dragon may simply be a ferocious beast that had to be defeated but as adults we defeat out won dragons all the time though it's not often perceived this way. These are my dragons. What dragons have you defeated? 

Everything changes and nothing stands still -Heraclitus

These were all taken from the same spot on the shore of Lake Michigan over the course of a year.