Vacation photos from Marietta, Georgia today.   For 29 years most of my time was spent in this area.   It was good to visit there this afternoon.   Five photographs are from the town square area, the last three, very close to the square, were taken at Marietta National Cemetery.   That cemetery is immaculate.  During a brief rain shower, my son and I sat in a dry area near a brightly-painted old piano.   A young man who joined us for a few minutes mentioned name of the piano’s owner, who recently passed on.   I was caught off guard to find out the piano belonged  a friend in my running group when we lived here.    His family donated the piano to the city.    It was sad to hear of his passing, but good to know some bit of him lives on in that piano.   Just vacation snippets.

My daughter-in-law  is growing a nice crop of home-grown tomatoes in her back yard.   The morning light merited a few photographs.   These are Big Beef Tomatoes.

Hattie, one of our granddogs, enjoys her chair by a window when the morning light shines.   Hattie is a GoldenDoodle, very sweet.

Another barn offering tonight, one near the end of its life, close to sunset.

Seen this morning as I began  a journey east.   This was in the eastern edge of Milam County, Texas, between Milano and Gause.   I don’t pass up windmills.

Another batch of photographs from daily walks, all in Taylor.   Most of what I see are small things, just snippets.   So far, until someone finds a better small camera with telephoto capabilities, the Olympus does the job.   The next few days and evenings will be devoted to a lot of driving.   Daily walks may have to take a back seat.  A little visual rest might be good.

Photographs taken today at Independence Day celebrations in Taylor and Georgetown.   The first there were taken this morning in Taylor.  The remaining ones are from Georgetown’s Sertoma Club July 4th celebration in San Gabriel Park.  It rained a lot today, rain that we need.  A  couple who have a face painting business found time to spend with each other.  What you won’t find here  are fireworks photos.  I am no fan of those.

Red-winged blackbirds are small, elegant little creatures, but quite elusive at times.   This one in a field near Granger tonight was accommodating for a few moments.

This little white horse seemed to glow on this cloudy night in Williamson County, Texas.  She took a few moments to notice the camera before continuing her munching.

Milo (grain sorghum) just keeps finding its way into my viewfinder.   This vibrant field was seen near Granger.