Heading to the car tonight to look for something to photograph,  a rainbow appeared.  It was brief, as most rainbows are, but nice to see.  Rain would be a blessing, but rainbows give us hope.

From a few weeks ago.  Flight.

Dove hunters from other areas were up bright and early this morning for the beginning of dove season in Central Texas.  Sunrises are always nice.  And cooler, at least for a while.

Too many miles driven the last few days, but was able to find  something tonight near Coupland.  More  offerings later.  Identify the bird.

Gliding into Texas this evening, nearing the end of a long drive from Georgia.   The first four are in Northern Caddo Parish, including Blanchard,  Oil City, Vivian and Rodessa, concluding with a fine little horse on the eastern edge of Texas.  Time for a rest.

This one is from Texas, taken several weeks ago.   Perhaps you know the affection for windmills.  Heading home soon.

Five photographs taken this week in Georgia.  The first three are from Marietta National Cemetery, where veterans dating back to the Civil War are interred.   The last couple are from Georgia National Cemetery, a 775 acre resting place between Cartersville and Canton.  The first burials here were in 2006.    Meaningful spaces.

Three photographs taken today at a covered bridge in Euharlee, Georgia, a community near Cartersville.   Builit in 1886, the bridge spans 138 feet over Euharlee Creek.   We don’t see many covered bridges in Texas, but Georgia has a few.  The oldest covered bridge in Georgia, according to the Georgia Historical Society, is the Red Oak Covered Bridge in Woodbury, Georgia, dating back to 1840.   This one, however, wasn’t far from where we’re staying.   Bridges are unique.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park  spreads out over 2,965 acres near Marietta, Georgia.   It includes an 18-mile network of unpaved trails.  It’s the site of Civil War battles in from June-July 1864.    Thousands of runners have made it a destination  for many years, yours truly among them.   Not noticed, however, was all the natural offerings around us.   We just pounded our feet in the dirt, intent on finishing the run.   Walking has been the preferred form of exercise for a while.   When slowing down, you see things.  You document them.  Like Joro Spiders, native to East Asia, but prevalent in the American South now.  You won’t see them in Texas yet.  From this week’s visit to an area where we lived for almost three decades.

A few very quick photographs taken in downtown Meridian, Mississippi on the way to Georgia.  It’s a picturesque town of a little under 35,000.    It was nice to see a windmill.