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Fall Vegetables
January 05, 2021 - I had never before planted a fall vegetable garden before because the time when it needs to be planted, August, has alwa...
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Sheltering
May 05, 2020 - I haven't had much time for photography lately. It seems I'm spending all my time on this **** coronavirus, learning how...
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Winter Macros
March 17, 2020 - Winter is a good time to take photos in my studio. Now that I am at home for a while I have lots of time to do that. I a...
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More Amicalola Falls Photos
October 12, 2019 - More photos from our trip to Amicalola Falls are now on my homepage slideshow. The weather changed from cloudy on the fi...
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Amicalola Falls in Summer Part 1
September 29, 2019 - Finally here is the first group of photos of our visit to Amicalola Falls in August. We stayed at the inn two nights for...
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More Vogel SP photos
August 30, 2019 - No, these aren't the Amicalola Falls photos. These are the rest of the Vogel State Park photos. These chronicle our four...
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Vogel State Park Hikes
August 18, 2019 - A couple of weeks ago, Ed and I drove through winding, curvy forested lanes to Vogel State Park in north Georgia where w...
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Watching Close
April 25, 2019 - Close-up photos of the inner workings of Ed's collection of antique pocket watches are now on my homepage slide show. Th...
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Last Gainesville Photos for Now
March 07, 2019 - I have posted the last Gainesville photos on my homepage slideshow. They are two more bridge photos and an Art Deco buil...
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A few more bridge photos
February 28, 2019 - I have added a few more photos to my homepage slideshow of the bridge over the highway to Brenau Campus in Gainesville,...
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North Oconee River Greenway in the Fall
November 24, 2018 - Ed and I finally got out to view some autumn scenery last week after the rains quit. We went out to one of our favorite...
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North Georgia Daylily Show
June 14, 2018 - A few weeks ago Ed and I attended the 2018 North Georgia Daylily Show sponsored by the North Georgia Daylily Society at...
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Light Painting Practice
May 26, 2018 - Inspired by Ken Storey's exhibit which is currently showing at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and by his very hel...
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First Place! Georgia Strawberry Festival
April 28, 2018 - Drove down to Reynolds, Georgia today to enjoy the Georgia Strawberry Festival. I had submitted ten photos to the amateu...
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AARP 2019 Calendar Contest
April 08, 2018 - I like to enter shows and contests for several reasons least of all to win, although that is nice when it happens. But m...
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Window Glass
February 06, 2018 - On my south facing kitchen window sit several pieces of unusual glassware: a reproduction hand-blown Eighteenth Century...
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Spider Stories for Halloween
October 08, 2017 - This having been an unusually wet summer, September saw a bumper crop of spiders. My front yard, dotted with trees and s...
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Retirement Bouquet
August 13, 2017 - As many of my friends know, last Thursday I retired after 16 years with the University System of Georgia Information Tec...
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Georgia National Fair coming up
August 07, 2017 - The Georgia National Fair http://georgianationalfair.com/ is coming up in October. The submission deadline is in early S...
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Agate Slab
March 11, 2017 - As promised I have added a photo of the agate slab that I bought at the Athens Gem and Mineral Show last weekend to my h...
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Sandy Creek Nature Center in Winter
December 31, 2016 - I made my usual post holiday visit to SCNC with my family and my camera. Although it is the same place. It always looks...
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Gibbs Garden's Waterlilies
November 01, 2016 - A few weeks ago Ed treated me to a trip to Gibbs Garden on the day before the Monet Waterlily Festival weekend. This was...
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Seeing Deep into a Yucca
October 09, 2016 - One Saturday morning a few weeks ago, I walked past Ed's giant Yucca Filamentosa and saw pictures. This yucca is a nativ...
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Euphorbia Milii
May 14, 2016 - My Euphorbia Milii bloomed last week and I was able to get some close-ups of the flowers. This euphorbia is a native of...
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Family Home
January 27, 2016 - I recently made a trip to Texas to visit my sister on her 80 th birthday (she’s a LOT older than me). She and her husban...
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A Story of Reflections
December 23, 2015 - No, not metaphorical, literally reflections. I admired photos of reflections of isolated objects and tried replicating t...
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Frosty Saturday
December 07, 2015 - Saturday was the first really frosty morning of the season. I jumped out early to see what I could capture. An abelia bu...
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Autumn in Johnsonia
November 07, 2015 - Too busy to get away but fortunately, autumn came to visit me. I have heard it said that a wet fall makes a colorful fal...
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Halloween Spider Collection
October 30, 2015 - In time for Halloween I have posted some new and some old spider photos on my homepage slide show. Click on the image to...
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Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia
October 15, 2015 - I just posted some photos of my trip last month to Augusta, Georgia. These were all taken from the river walk. Many are...
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Tallulah Gorge
August 16, 2015 - Tallulah Gorge State Park in north Georgia near Clayton, Georgia is an amazing site. It is a short drive from Athens, bu...
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iStock Contributor
July 20, 2015 - Several of my images have now been accepted by iStockphoto.com stock photography website. iStock is part of Getty Images...
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A Day at the Bot Gard
June 13, 2015 - We had just arrived at the steps of the garden when, looking up, saw the shadow of a lizard showing through a large back...
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OCAF Members Show
May 26, 2015 - The OCA F Members Show opens Friday evening. For some very interesting art of all descriptions by locals take a short dr...
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Sandcastles
May 19, 2015 - See my homepage slideshow for a collection of sandcastles from Hilton Head Island. Why do people have an impulse to buil...
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Beach
May 08, 2015 - Today I've added to my homepage slide show some photos of beach scenes from Hilton Head Island. People enjoying the beac...
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Exuberance
April 22, 2015 - I have such a large collection of photos from our recent trip to Hilton Head Island it is is little difficult to decide...
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Art of Georgia photo op
March 30, 2015 - Today was delivery of the "Art of Georgia II" exhibit at the state capital. I had an opportunity to meet many other nort...
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Second Trip to the SCNC Aquarium
January 27, 2015 - Last weekend it was a bit too windy to spend much time in shade on the banks of Clay Pit Pond so Ed and I revisited the...
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Sandy Creek Aquarium
January 03, 2015 - On a cold and damp day last week instead of hiking around Clay Pit Pond, I peaked into the Sandy Creek Nature Center exh...
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Window Games
December 06, 2014 - Light is the language of photography. The light from my south facing windows writes shadows through blinds projected ont...
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Books
November 21, 2014 - Just for fun I took a series of shots of a stack of Shakespeare's plays. They were my father's. When the local Knight's...
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Some Autumn Views
October 13, 2014 - Although it is still early in the season, I have found a bit of color emerging in my yard in Athens, Georgia. See my hom...
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Taking a Break
August 19, 2014 - There is a photographer’s saying that if you want to make awesome photographs, stand in front of something awesome. Last...
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More Fort Yargo
July 02, 2014 - We made a second trip to Fort Yargo last weekend. There was a lot of activity there. Kayakers, a rowing team, and lots o...
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Fort Yargo
June 24, 2014 - Not long after we moved to Athens we set off to explore the area. So it wasn't long before we visited Fort Yargo State P...
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Shell Macros
June 12, 2014 - My gastropod shot was so successful I decided to do some more like it. I've posted some recent ones on my homepage. The...
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Must See Moments
April 30, 2014 - Popular Photography is hosting a context sponsored by Transition Lenses. The theme is "Must See Moments." I interpret th...
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Early Spring at Clay Pit Pond
March 26, 2014 - Ed and I seized a rare warm Saturday to spend a few hours at Sandy Creek Nature Center to see how the spring is beginnin...
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Minimalism
February 20, 2014 - I just read this blog on minimalism from Light Stalking. http://www.lightstalking.com/minimalism-the-art-of-less Light S...
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New Year Photo Resolutions
January 01, 2014 - I don't know if I would call these resolutions. Maybe goals or expectations would be closer. At any rate, here is a list...
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Photo Retrospection
December 31, 2013 - As everyone else does this time of year, I thought I would do a quick retrospection of my photography year. It was a bus...
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How to Avoid the Black Friday Crowds
November 30, 2013 - Don’t go shopping. Instead, my sherpa, Ed, and I spent Friday afternoon at Sandy Creek Nature Center. I was eager to pra...
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Autumnals
October 27, 2013 - The dogwood in my yard is turning beautiful shades of red and the Autumn Azuretum is blooming. It's time for some images...
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OCAF Small Works Exhibit
October 18, 2013 - The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) is holding a Small Works Exhibit. All entries must be under 14". If you are g...
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Watson Mill Bridge
October 02, 2013 - A couple of weeks ago, Ed and I made a little trip to Watson Mill Bridge State Park. We had been there before, but it ha...
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Macros
September 01, 2013 - I bought a reversing ring for my birthiversary. (I was married on my birthday like my great-grand mother.) It only just...
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A Great Resource!
August 20, 2013 - Last spring, when my daylilies were blooming, I took my camera out to capture some of those golden blooms. I put my came...
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OCAF Members Exhibit
May 20, 2013 - Last Saturday I took 3 framed photos to the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Members Exhibit. The exhibit opens May 24. T...
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