Your comment about lugging around gear vs. just using the camera you have in your pocket is becoming more and more common as the cameras built into smartphones improve. And there also seems to be an increasing range of lenses for smartphones. Some pretty good in-phone processing apps, too. Do you have a favourite?

Although you had a wide range of subject matter this month, your accompanying text let us understand your personal connection to each image. Thanks for sharing those little bits of yourself – and for the great photos!

Then of course… comes Molson. I can hardly talk about it. I had to put my cat Olie down this month, so when I saw your beautiful cat and then read the story my heart went in my throat. The same month… what a coincidence. You have such a beautiful picture of her there.

AND THEN I saw the ocean picture… and read about you having a lot on your mind… the ocean just washes away every bit of stress for me. No matter if it is sunny, warm, cold or windy… there is something so healing about the ocean.

Awesome pictures. And the beer…. oh yea!