A Sunday afternoon scene at at Georgia’s Lake Lanier, something from my cross country wandering this past few days.   I’m throughly on the road, keeping it simple.

During the almost three decades we lived in metro-Atlanta I ran at least 30,000 miles on the 18-mile network of unpaved trails at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.   In those days I was a fairly serious runner.   My running group spent countless hours on the trails, but because running was part of my nomenclature,  noticing the natural beauty around me took a backseat.   This week, returning to Georgia to visit family, I stopped by the park for about an hour.   These days I’m a walker.   I take time to see what’s around me.  Pine trees and pine cones.    This park, close to stressful havoc,  is worth seeing.    These are from a slow walk around the park.   Slow down, friends.   Feel the quiet intensity.

Posting some duck photos while continuing my out-of-town journey.   Many Taylor residents appreciate our ducks.   I do.

Continuing posts while traveling, taken where we live a few days ago.   Included are some nice hay bales and barns, plus cotton beginning to come to life.   Just blooms on the cotton so far, but it’s coming along nicely.

Something  photographed in Taylor before I left for my road trip.   Excuse the subtle presence of power lines.   What you see is what you see.

I’ve just driven 11 hours straight, but wanted to share some corn harvest photos taken a couple days ago.    The harvest continues on the dusty Blackland Prairie.   Deer (and birds) like to visit harvested fields.  They’re pretty smart beings.

A few photos from daily walks in Taylor.   In recent weeks, I’ve begun to take particular note of small things,  biological things,  sometimes birds, or whatever catches my eye.  It’s really just paying close attention to light.  And nature. 

A few tall ears of corn.   And a couple of extra  tall ears, too.

Prairie grass.   This post lets the photographs do the talking for my area of the Blackland Prairie.

Nothing much here tonight, mainly barns, but tossed into the mix are some birds.   The first photo includes what I believe to be a Great Horned Owl, but correct me if wrong.   One photo includes three geese, definitely geese.   The last one was taken in May, before the light got stinky.   Just stuff I see during these wanderings.