My wife Barbara and I moved to Land O' Lakes in July of 2010. The area we once considered "way out in the country" has grown a bit since we first drove through here.

I am a retired IBM corporate trainer and now spend my time on our four landscaped acres on West Lake Ellis. I enjoy photography and have taught digital photography classes. I take about 10,000 photos a year, many of them on our travels, but there are also a lot of photo ops on our own property and lake.

We have two sons and two grandchildren here in Tampa, a daughter in Georgia, and a daughter and two grandsons in Vermont. At home we have Boomer, our Australian shepherd, and CC, our traditional Balinese cat.