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I collect hearts that I find in nature. I started doing so when I got a new camera a couple of years ago, wanting to "find" something different that I could photograph. It quickly became an addiction to trying to find a "heart" everytime I was out with my camera. I hike alot, kayak, canoe and in the winter snowshoe daily. I carry my camera everywhere, just "in case". I look for a heart that may be in the snow, or in the moss on a tree, or in a mud puddle. Hearts can be found everywhere in nature if one looks for them. I have fibromyalgia which has severely limited my time hiking and snowshoeing and canoeing and kayaking....BUT I still look about me when I am able to be out. I am usually rewarded each time! I believe the illness has given me the will to find even more hearts!