In her book “The Orchid Thief” about obsessive flower hunting, Susan Orlean wonders if “the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

Twin Cities broadcasting legend Diana Pierce knows something about that. After retiring from her role in front of the camera as a KARE 11 news anchor, Pierce started a new endeavor: traveling around the country to capture stunning landscape photographs.

She eventually narrowed her focus to flowers. Now she’s writing a newsletter, called Blooming, with stories about flowers and people who tend to them. Diana Pierce joined Minnesota Now to talk about her project.