Every critter deserves to be known, not just recorded.

For my dad

Walter Ernest “Ernie” Fields Jr.

The Rex Harrison Doctor Dolittle who raised me.

Thank you, Dad, for introducing me to coding when I was 12 years old and opening my mind to just how vast the possibilities could be.

I stepped away from coding for a long time and only recently found my way back to it. But I never forgot what that first experience taught me: change wasn't something I needed to fear. There was always something new to learn, something new to try, and another possibility waiting to be explored.

And thank you for the lifelong love of critters you gave me.

All these years later, those two parts of my life found each other in Critterfolio.

I wish you were here to see it.

Thanks, Dad.

— Hiedi