Machel Spence, a West Seattle photographer that the West Seattle Herald first told you about last March will be showing her world class photography of mushrooms and other fungi, all shot here locally at Coffee to a Tea with Sugar in the junction from Jan. 2 until the end of the month.

"There will be an opening on January 13th," for the first West Seattle Artwalk of the year, "from 6-9 and I will be there to talk to people."

Spence whose main goal has always been to capture the delicate beauty of this fleeting life form is now seeing new horizons open thanks to the quality of her work.

She said, "I have been contacted by an editor for the book division of National Geographic about doing a possible book so that's pretty exciting."

You can see more of her work online at www.spencephotography.com