My name is Mackenzie. I’m the voice behind Petal Thoughts, which is intended to be a reflective journal of essays and images with a focused lens on our relationship with nature, beauty, architecture, history, and the spirit of the times. You can also learn more about what I’ve been up to personally, which can be found in the Now section.

This came into being after I decided to step away from social media at the beginning of 2025. Its ever growing frenetic state and downward spiral made me reconsider keeping it. I still love to share and connect, but in a more deliberate and personalized way.

Petal Thoughts is my personal internet space - a digital garden of essays, photographs, reflections, and projects. Like a garden, my hope is that it is a place of community where nature and humanity intimately cross.