Note: Photos are in great disarray.  Most of my time is spent outside in nature and I try and limit my time on the computer thus the disorganization.  Someday they will be put in order.  

My name is Tina Nauman and, beginning in 2016, my cat and I became full-time wanderers. Our home is a Casita Camper with a living space of 6' x 13'. With my car, camper, camera, kayak, bike and hiking boots I am seeing where the seasons, the birds and good paddling waters lead me. My hopes are that, through my photos, others will learn to "see" the beautiful natural world that surrounds us all. 

In 2017, while camping far from internet and cell coverage, I experienced a major medical emergency that I was lucky to come through without a heart attack or stroke but has resulted in the diagnosis of a rare bone marrow cancer called Essential Thrombocythemia. With supportive Mayo Clinic physicians in Phoenix I am able to continue my unorthodox wandering lifestyle. 

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio and spent my childhood befriending birds and animals, enjoying winter outdoor activities, climbing trees, hiking through woods and wading in creeks. My teenage years were spent along the shores of Lake Michigan in Mequon, Wisconsin where I loved training and showing Morgan horses. That early exposure to nature carries through to my love of sailing, kayaking, hiking, birding, and nature photography.

I attended college at Iowa State University and lived most of my adult life in Dubuque, Iowa working as part of a family business with a retail and commercial nursery, ski shop, waterslide, and miniature golf course. In 1991, I became a Montessori teacher that led to the creation of a Christian Montessori preschool program at my church. My favorite times in Dubuque were spent sharing the wonders of the world with my daughter as my mother had shared with me. 

When asked where I am from I answer "I'm as midwest as they come" as I have lived in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, South Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky and South Dakota (legal residence while traveling) and with a daughter in Missouri it will become my home when I stop traveling.