#1 in "Ascending" series. This series focuses on flights of stairs, from the bottom looking upward, in the moment before taking that 1st step to new heights. Stairs have always represented adventure for me, and tempted me with the excitement of what might be at the top. Even if all that awaits is just a different perspective on the world, it'll be from a vantage point I didn't have before. I love stairs, and when I find a new set, I have to climb up.

This particular mossy flight of stairs is one of several inside the lush and serene Portland Japanese Garden, in Portland, OR.