Wintry Afternoon in Atlanta

Le déluge: Flooding from November

Après moi, le déluge; après le déluge, le debris

15 Years a Trampoline

Apparently, this is why I can't grow fresh bananas here—just banana trees

Lo, how a rose ere blooming...

For the deadheads among you

Pondage in winter

Is it me, or does Niobe seem particularly forlorn?

TFW the tree says you really shouldn't have put the walk so close

Loropetalum never fails to delight

The winter difference between fescue (foreground) and Bermuda grass

The former trampoline deconstructed and set out for pick up

The mossy area from which I hope to harvest my pet Tardigrades for my new terrarium

Tardigrade: the most interesting animal in the world

Druid Dancing Day

Today is the day all the leaves fall off the sacred Gingko tree in my neighborhood. 'Tis a holy day for Druids, a day to dance the day away. And so a Druid-themed pic cascade.

[As always, click pic to embiggen; mouse over for 'secret' message.]

A specimen Gingko Biloba, golden carpet

All the leaves fall in one day!

Who else is watching the Gingko leaves fall?

A fat* Red-shoulder Hawk, that's who!

Speaking of hawks:

Hawkery!

@ The Highland Games, Stone Mtn.

"That'll do, dog."

Celebrate:

Atlanta Ferris Wheel

Same, different angle from inside The Tabernacle

Architectural pic from inside The Tabernacle, Atlanta

 Bonus pic:

"If I were about 40 lbs heavier, I could jump down from here and eat you." [And, yes, that's a WFMU lunch box with Mickey Mouse and the gang doing 'The Last Supper' up on top of my fridge.]

Speaking of Druid dancing:


Spinal tap - Stonehenge by samithemenace

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* This morning when I let the dogs out, Lily went charging out into the dog run barking like a fiend. A largish hawk took off and alit on a nearby tree branch. When I went to get the dogs after their and my breakfasts, Bruno had a squirrel's tail in his mouth. It disappeared down his gullet before I could wrest it away from him. I suspect the above hawk could be the same one that was in my yard earlier, now so fat and stuffed with squirrel that it doesn't even bother to fly away when approached by camera-bearing folks. A real Druidic-type omen, for sure.

Spring Miscellany

As always, click pic to embiggen Slide Show; mouse over pic for "secret" message!

Lily and Sasha in Yoga Class

The Square, Downtown Decatur

Wayne Shorter Quartet taking a bow

Atlanta Ballet Corps de ballet: "Hamlet", music by Philip Glass 

Pond, Japanese Maple, Rock, Fence 

Lorapetalum loves my yard 

When dogwood last in my dooryard bloomed

Green Season: Pollen residue after a brief shower

Canada Goose, black feet and all

Honk! Honk!

Hydrangea Tree

I'm Back, Baby!

Hello, all! I've been away for a few days. Thus the lack of posting. Your reward for being so patient? Snaps! Enjoy! (as always, click to embiggen; mouse over for message)

Salt Lake City from the air

Deer Valley Sunset

Banksy made it to Park City, UT

Bus Stop

Bus Go

The Red Waste

A spine of the Rockies

Old dog, new trick!

Walkabout

Celebrating Veterans' Day née Armistice Day—now, WWI, that was a real total war—Wisdoc and I circumnavigated/perambulated [Wisdaughter's studying for the GRE's] Stone Mountain, just outside Atlanta. Five miles, yo! Shot some snaps for you. As always, click to embiggen a slide show, mouse over for 'secret' message.

The Confederate Rushmore: Jeff Davis, Rob't Lee, Stonewall Jackson on the front side. Saw Radiohead play here in front of this giant granite outcropping just after moving to ATL. Laser shows on the summer weekend nights. 

Apparently it snowed last night, but it all fell in that one pile 

The old Grist Mill

Moved here from Ellijay, GA

A stick in the water

View of the Covered Bridge

Another

The back side of Stone Mountain reflected in Venable Lake

Another day, another fiery sunset