@lenspirationlydia thank you for your wisdom!
Fortunately, I am not at the point where I think the equipment makes the beautiful pictures, but I do feel limited- especially as my zoom lens goes up to 55mm only, and I find myself over and over again trying to get a shot of something further that I can’t walk up closer to (i.e. birds, stars and moon, aircraft, my dog from a distance, etc.)
I think right now that a telephoto lens is more important to me than a wide angle, but if it is good to get the two together in the link that I shared, I will buy that. What do you and @jamesstaddon and @dfrazer think of the links I shared? Also, @buddingphotographer, I know you have a lot of wisdom on theses things as well. What do you think?