March was my first full month as a full-time staff photog at the Tyler Morning Telegraph, and it was a busy and eventful! I didn't realize just how many sporting events I went to this past month until I went through photos for this blog. Basketball wrapped up and made way for soccer, baseball and softball. I even got a chance to photograph a mini Special Olympics, too. I love the energy you find at sporting events and getting the chance to play around with nice golden hour light on occasion. Aside from athletics, I got to learn what keeps a lady young as she turned 105, heard the tale of how a 91-year-old survived an explosion that leveled his school back in the '30s, listened to music from a talented Christian singer and a jazz band, rode in the Wienermobile and more. Starting to feel settled in the daily routine and am hoping to get started on a few of my own stories here soon. In the meantime, thanks for looking! - CP Brittany Lamb shoots the ball during the Special Olympics at UT Tyler in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, March 27, 2017. Nearly 40 special olympians played basketball, soccer, track and field, volleyball and ping pong with over 100 UT Tyler athletes. Mitsi Runyan poses for a portrait in her greenhouse at her home in Whitehouse, Texas, on Tuesday, March 6, 2017. Runyan regularly wins American Orchid Society awards for her plants and this year received the highest award the Shreveport American Orchid Society Judging Center has ever issued for a well-grown plant. Jewel Stalling, center, reacts to a bouquet of flowers Leigh Bernholtz brought to her room for her birthday as his wife Tara watches at Prestige Estates in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Stallings spent the afternoon celebrating her 105th birthday with family and friends, complete with cake and cards. Jean Foster receives ashes from associate pastor Rev. Ben Bagley at Pollard United Methodist Church in Tyler, Texas, on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The church is also offering two services at 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. in addition to the drive-up ashes. Jacksonville players warm up before the Tim Crowder Invitational Baseball Tournament at Mike Carter Field in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. San Jacinto sophomore Monique Calliste (4) dribbles the ball past Kilgore freshman Richelle Velez (15) during a NJCAA Region XIV basketball tournament game at John Alexander Gym in Jacksonville, Texas, on Friday, March 10, 2017. Ronald Carter performs during the Tyler Junior College Jazz Festival at Liberty Hall in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Area middle and high school jazz bands performed throughout the day, culminating in the TJC Jazz Ensembles’ performance each evening. Joe Simalonda poses for a portrait in his home in Jacksonville, Texas, on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Simalonda is a Zambian-born Christian singer who recently released his album "The Sixty 7th Epistle" and is currently studying Divinity at Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary. A John Tyler player sits in the dugout during a softball game against hometown rival Robert E. Lee, watching as Lee scored 10 runs in the second inning, in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A Cumberland Academy player takes a water break during lacrosse practice at Cumberland Academy High in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Jacksonville's Dylan Walker misses catching the ball during the Tim Crowder Invitational Baseball Tournament at Mike Carter Field in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. John Craft, second from right, waves after giving a tour of the Wienermobile in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The Wienermobile will be visiting various Walmarts in Tyler and Lindale through the rest of the week for community events. Blanche Bergmeier reads to students at Dixie Elementary School in Tyler, Texas, on March 20, 2017. Seniors from The Hamptons volunteered their time to read to the elementary schoolers to encourage reading. Nick Sciarrini puts Warren Perkins', not pictured, books in boxes during a spring book sale at the Tyler Public Library in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The bi-annual sale, which runs through Sunday, includes thousands of adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction books, as well as audio books, music cassettes and videotapes, most of which is priced at one dollar or less. Robert E. Lee freshman Emma Kennedy (5) gets back up after falling during a class 6A bi-district game at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Helen Strotman and Justin Forward perform during a rehearsal of "Godspell" at Tyler Civic Theatre in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The play is a musical version inspired by the Biblical accounts of Christ and runs April 7-16. Game action during a NJCAA Region XIV basketball tournament game at John Alexander Gym in Jacksonville, Texas, on Friday, March 10, 2017. Makana Morton, 16, poses for a photo at West Rusk High School in New London, Texas, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Morton was selected to play on the New Zealand national team 19U and will be playing in the World Games this July in Florida. John Bolton, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, adjusts his glasses before a meeting with media at The Cascades in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Bolton was in town to speak at a dinner hosted by the Smith County Republican Club. Bolton was previously under consideration for National Security Advisor, but when the job went to H.R. McMaster in February, Trump said “He had a number of good ideas that I must tell you I agree very much with … So we’ll be talking with John Bolton in a different capacity.” According to The New York Times, Trump pledged to find a position for Bolton. Tyler Junior College Apache Belles perform during the Apache Belles Spring Show at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday, March 30, 2017. The show's theme is “Love Train" and takes audiences on a musical journey featuring lyrics of emotion of love. Chapell Hill's Thomas Jaimes (13) and Palestine's Riley Harper (6) run for the ball during a high school soccer playoff at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium in Tyler, Texas, on Friday, March 31, 2017. UT Tyler athletes cheer on Ben Tiemann as he does a long jump during the Special Olympics at UT Tyler in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, March 27, 2017. Nearly 40 special olympians played basketball, soccer, track and field, volleyball and ping pong with over 100 UT Tyler athletes. Otis Bryan poses for a portrait at the London Museum & Cafe in New London, Texas, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Bryan was one of the survivors of the New London School explosion on March, 18, 1937, where a natural gas leak caused an explosion which destroyed the school and killed 294 children and teachers. This year is the 80th anniversary of the explosion.