OCTOBER 31, 2016 (2)

We hiked up Sawnee Mountain this afternoon with our grandson, Ben.  We went up the trail that is off of Tribble Gap Road and the first picture is as when you turn into the parking lot.

The next two pictures are of the views of the valley below.

The is of the 'Indian Seats.'  There is a third seat, but it is not visible.

The rock formation on the left is of Chief Sawnee,  My picture.. I get to name him.  Notice the eye brow, the eye, the nose, the mouth, and the chin.

The last two include Ben and 'Emma."

October 31, 2016

Can you 'ba-weeve' it?  October 31st is here!  I can hear the questions, "Where did the time go?"  That is the nice thing about taking pictures.  One can look at them and have a pictorial journal.

Gibbs Garden, waterfalls, day-trips and other remembrances.

Saturday, we took a quick jaunt to Gibbs Gardens.  Familiar pictures but I tried to take them from a different angles.  The other nuance was the reflections were so crisp and clear. 

The Maple tree stood out to me because I had never noticed before.  The changing color of the leaves during the Fall is so captivating.  "...the leaf begin to paint the landscape with Nature's autumn palette."  One does not expect the U,S. government to be so 'romantic,' but this is from the USDA Forest Service website.

October 23, 2016

This month's photos for our sub-division photo group is windows.  I took Linda for lunch yesterday in Atlanta (Buckhead area) and to take pictures of St. Philips Episcopal Church, which is the one with a stone exterior.  The church that is white and across the street it Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.

I can submit only three picture and the first three are what was submitted.  There some windows and compositions that I would have preferred at St Philips, however, there was a wedding in progress.

October 20, 2016

We went to Zoo Atlanta on Saturday afternoon with Stephanie and Ben.  Jack was away at a retreat.

October 16, 2016

Back to last Monday's day-trip, the plan was to eat at the Attic Restaurant in Clarkesville, which have a great lunch menu.  However, the Fender Diner in Cornelea popped up on the horizon.  Pure diner food, which had mixed review, great atmosphere, and a wonderful staff.  Not lacking in patrons... the pictures were taken around 1:00 p.m. on a Monday.

 

OCTOBER 13, 2016

We took a day trip to Cornelia, Toccoa Falls, and Clarkesville on Monday.  These are pictures of the falls on the property of Toccoa Falls College.  There is a small fee to walk up to the falls, which is less that a quarter of a mile and easy to walk.  The fee was $ 1.00 for seniors and no cost for veterans.

 

Does the rock formation in the front left look as a wild creature with teeth?  How to take your focus away from the beauty of the falls...

The rainbow was not evident as one looked straight on to the falls.  I climbed up and over to the left and there it was...

October 10, 2016

Two pictures without relevance...

The sign is on McInnis Ferry Road in Alpharetta.  I do not know if it was intentional or not.  For the sake of Fairway Outdoor Advertising I hope that it was.

The second photo is from our back yard of one of the Pampas Grass plants.  It was taken in the morning during the "Golden Hour," when this light from the sun has a golden cast to it, unlike 'High Noon,' when the lighting from the sun bleaches out the color.

October 8, 2016

Be sure to click on the phone once to enlarge it.

October 4, 2016

I had my eyes examined recently and as expected I heard the familiar, "Which is better, number one or number two?"

Have no fear.  I am not going to ask that today.  I do have a comparison, but only because I am thinking about doing a series of Black and White photos.

I realize that there are those who prefer one over the other and that there is no right or wrong, to which one prefers.

October 1, 2016

On a recent day trip to to Young Harris, GA to have lunch at the Brasstown Resort, we stop atop of Blood Mountain.  Having traveled this route many times, we had never stopped here. I posted pictures recently on September 20.  The view that day reminded me of another picture taken a few years ago while we visited Cloudland Canyon.  I had to find it on an external hard drive to compare the two views.

The panoramic view is from our trip to Highlands, NC this past week and has no relation to the first two pictures.