Ali M. Ehly

The Damselfly is known to have the best vision among insects. How science came to this conclusion, I do not know. But look at the size of those eyes in proportion with the rest of its head and one can fairly easily determine that they must be that large for a reason.

The last week of December 2025 I selected the word VISION to mark 2026. Now, a little over half way through the year, my vision, as well as the sight of many around me, still seems to be limited by a low hanging fog. I have been praying for years now for VISION - for the fog to dissipate - the veil to be lifted and removed.

In this season where clarity is hard to find, viewing life from behind the lens of my beloved camera does offer me different perspectives of which I am extremely grateful for. It allows me to magnify beauty in the common, ordinary, and often overlooked things. The magic of photography can take something deemed ugly to the naked eye and turn it into a magnificent piece of art, similar to how God can take our not so complimentary parts and perfect them and use them for His glory. May that be so with our imperfect eyesight and understanding of what we see.

May He perfect my VISION - our VISION.

Mark Your Calendars!

Things are currently quiet, but the end of summer on through the holidays things will be excitedly busy for my Creations by Ali vendor space, which is where I sell my books and inspirational photography.

Lititz Craft Show - August 8th
Empower Her Market - September 26th
Adamstown AppleUmpkin Festival - October 17th
Lebanon Valley Christmas Expo - November 27th - 29th
Peace UCC Holiday Craft Show - December 5th

May I remind you that I still have time available to book more shows and/or speaking engagements.

As always, thanks so very much for your support. ♥️

“Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope.”
Braving The Wilderness, Brene’ Brown

Just now, in the Our Daily Bread Devotional I read Ephesians 6:1-8. This scripture has often been taken out of context and has been weaponized. It’s the scripture that on the surface commands children to obey their parents and slaves to obey their masters. This has always been a difficult scripture for me to align with. But, smack dab in the middle of that scripture reference is this gem —

Ephesians 6:4 NLT

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.”

So yes, let us honor and celebrate our fathers today. But, may we also extend some understanding and grace to those of us that each time Father’s Day rolls around we find ourselves standing in the card aisle picking up card, after card, after card, realizing that the saccharine sentiments will never come from a place of authenticity and that leaves us feeling hollow - on the outside edge - unable to connect to the celebration.

A beautiful hike except for when I walked into the lair of natures’s tiny vampires otherwise known as horseflies. They were extremely excited about my visit, but I wasn’t too thrilled with their hospitality. 😬

Someone must have alerted the woodland creatures that I was coming to take their portraits today because they were certainly posing!

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alimehly.com Ali M. Ehly is extremely passionate about speaking love into hate, shining light into darkness, and helping people recognize the beauty of life by connecting them to the magic and wonder of God’s creation through her written word and photography.