A collaborative effort between Georgia educators and their cameras.
At around six o’clock today it started to sound like someone was throwing rocks at the house. I looked outside and saw hailstones crushing everything in sight. I decided to take a prisoner.
Note: Actual golf balls were not falling from the sky. Just hail.
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I have a friend that took me over to Barnsley Gardens this weekend. What a gorgeous place! I took lots of pictures, but this one was my favorite.
My landlady has a gas lantern next to the driveway. It has this flower vine that is wrapped around it. It blooms a couple of times a year, but this spring it is really showing off. I don’t know what the name of it is, but I call it the Lantern Flowers.
I went to Alabama today and took my new camera into the national forest. Lots of things to photograph there, and I’m still learning how to use this camera. I’ve got another lens on the way now because it was out of stock when I ordered my camera. This lens is a little bit soft, but that’s ok as it has been a learning experience for me. I have developed more enjoyment out of just photographing things. I’ve learned to listen when I’m outside to hear what’s going on around me in addition to seeing it. I found what I think is the Brown Thrasher, the Georgia state bird if I’m not mistaken, over in Alabama. Maybe that will let me “break the rules” a little bit here!
English Dogwood blooms—this is the first time I’ve seen it bloom this well.
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite I love flowers, and I love to photograph them. These flowers belong to a friend who had invited me over to take some pictures.
Now I’m like Stephen. I got a new camera–the Canon Rebel XTi. I absolutely love it. Have no idea how to use it yet. I’m still waiting on one of my lenses to arrive, but in the meantime a friend let me borrow one of hers. I snapped over 400 pictures this evening, and here are a few. You can enjoy the rest of them on my flickr page.
I have lived in Georgia for several years, but I’ve never been to Callaway Gardens until this weekend. It is a beautiful place at any time of year from what I hear. The flowers are breathtaking, not to mention the lakes, streams, and wildlife. The “Birds of Prey” show was very good. Hope you enjoy the pics.
You can go here to view my Callaway Gardens set on Flickr.
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I always post here in the spring, because well, it’s just my favorite time of year. I almost thought I wasn’t going to get to post because I lost my password for this site. Luckily, Wordpress came through. Hope you enjoy!
Pear trees on US Highway 78
Last year’s Bartlett pear for this year (2008)
A friend
“and bless Mommy and Daddy and little squirrely…”
My two therapists
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite The dogwoods are in bloom all over Georgia. The pink and white mixture can be simply breathtaking.
This field is located only a few miles from my home. This is how it looked a little over two years ago.
The flowers at the homes on the street where I live are absolutely breathtaking every year. I love to go out and take pictures of them. As you already know, I love to catch all the bumblebees in a pose as well. Here are some that I hope you enjoy! Some are clearer than others, but it’s so darn hard to get the little boogers to be still! And I don’t dare make one of them angry!!!
And this is an unusual blend!!!
I hope the bees are happy with all this pollen we’re having in the south. Wow! I’ve never seen it like this.
That’s all for now! Don’t want to hog the blog!!!
Have I told you I looooove spring?!?!?!? Well, I do. This is a tree in the neighborhood here in West Georgia. I don’t know what kind it is. Sorry, but I’m not a botanist by any means, but I think this tree is gorgeous!!!
Yay!!!
I love spring!!! The flowers are gorgeous this year as well. I took a few pics today of some fruit tree blossoms and found a nice little honey bee in one of them. Of course, he was the only one that would be still long enough for me to take his pic!
I visited my sister today in Carrollton and took a few shots of these flowers in her front yard.
These are the innocent relatives of the really nasty looking Georgia Thumper.
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite Savannah is often referred to as the City of the Squares. At one time there were 24 squares in the downtown area, but development claimed three of them before the restoration of the city really begain in the 1960s.
Columbia Square is the home of the Isaiah Davenport House, which you can see in the right of the photo. It was completed in 1820, and was the first restoration project of the Historic Savannah Foundation in 1955.
The house on the left is the Kehoe House, which is now a popular bed and breakfast inn. It was completed in 1892.
One other note, the photo was taken on St. Patrick’s Day several years ago. That’s why the water in the fountain is green!
Confederate jasmine has perfumed the spring air of Georgia for hundreds of years. It starts tiny and takes over most anywhere you plant it. It thrives on neglect. Oh, if someone could bottle this smell!
For hundreds of years, those of us who left home and returned, the smell of jasmine means one thing — I’m home. In Georgia! Where red clay and pine trees and flowers abound like the grace and hospitality of the people.
Spring!
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