I'd like to thank the Academy

My grandmother has been hounding me for the past few months to enter a picture into our local newspaper's weekly amateur photography section. This week I did. I have a few black and whites that I believe are better pictures, but they instructed me to send in a color photo. To my shock, they chose my picture this week. I didn't even know about it until my mom told me. Then my answering machine quickly filled with people equally as thrilled as I was.

So, I'd just like to thank everyone for their encouragement. Without some gentle pushes, I would have never even seriously considered photography.