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The Ugly Duckling

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The Ugly Duckling

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Today’s Photo: The Ugly Duckling

I love to shoot animals.  It is one of those things I enjoy, but don’t get to do often.  I was at the Duck Pond in Jasper, Georgia when I ran across this ugly duckling.  The ducks there have been fed so much that all it took was a few pieces of bread to get the dozen or so clustered around me and my daughter.  I was mesmerized by the sky blue eyes on this one.  And then, it decided it wanted all the bread we had to offer.  It’s a good thing we did not have too much out at the time, or it would have run away with it all.

Spring Flowers

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Spring Flowers

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Today’s Photo: Spring Flowers

Spring has finally arrived.  That is what the flowers, trees and my allergies have told me.  That is not what the weather has told me.  When was the last time Georgia had below freezing temperatures at the end of March?  I was able to get a few shots of one of the trees in the yard.  I think this would fall in the cherry blossom family of trees.  If you know, leave a comment.

Winter Tree

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Winter Tree

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Today’s Photo: Winter Tree

It is interesting how every year, the leaves on trees dry up and fall off.  It makes for a beautiful display and a field day for photographers like me.  It is also interesting to see how many leaves dry up and remain on the trees from fall all through winter and fall off only because of the new leaves.  With as much bad weather as we have here during the winter, I don’t know how any can hold on that long.  I was out hiking several weeks ago and ran across this tree with a few leaves still hanging on.

The Cool Falls

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The Cool Falls

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Today’s Photo: The Cool Falls

This is another shot I took of a small water fall near the old paper mill ruins on Sope Creek just north of Atlanta.  I wanted to get some shots of Sope creek also, but it had been raining for several days and the water was muddy.  It’s hard to believe that one of the largest cities in the United States is just a couple miles south of this point.  It’s nice to have these pools of tranquility in such a busy city.

Leaves

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Leaves

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Today’s Photo: Leaves

Sometimes the neatest things can be found just by changing your perspective.  Sometimes I make a point to shoot from the eye level of my kids for the day.  Just by changing the height at which I shoot, I see things completely different.  And then, looking up, or down can make for some neat photos too.  I found these yellow and red leaves in just the right spot.  I just had to look up.

Paper Mill Falls

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Paper Mill Falls

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Today’s Photo:  Paper Mill Falls

The ruins at Sope Creek are pretty neat.  When I initially made it to Sope Creek, I was about 300 yards down stream from Paper Mill Road.  From this point, I thought the only ruins were on the other side of the creek and downstream.  That would have not been a problem, but it had been raining for several days and had just cleared up.  The creek was several feet above its normal level and there was no way I was going to cross.  I decided to try the bridge at Paper Mill Road.  When I got to the bridge, I found another part of the ruins that I did not know about.  Since I was running short of time, I just shot these and plan to go back for the ones on the other side of the creek.  This was a small creek that was beside the ruins and there was a small rock wall making a waterfall.

Bonnie Bluebells

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Bonnie Bluebells

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Today’s Photo:  Bonnie Bluebells

I was walking around Manassas National Battlefield Park when I ran across a field of bluebells beside Bull Run.  I have seen bluebells before, but not in the abundance that I saw flowing through the woods.  I decided to do a little checking and found on wikipedia that bluebells at typically “associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the understorey to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in “bluebell woods“.  I guess I found one of those “bluebell woods”

Endless Water

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Endless Water

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Today’s Photo:  Endless Water

During my hike in the Sope Creek area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, I ran across this small brook that emptied from the bottom of Sibley Lake.  I loved how the water just seemed to flow over the rocks and how clear it was.  There are very few creeks or rivers that are clear in North Georgia.  For as much rain as we have had recently, this was completely opposite from Sope Creek, which was completely muddy.

Brought to you by the Number Seven

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Brought to you by the Number Seven

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Today’s Photo:  Brought to you by the Number Seven

At one point in my childhood, I wanted to be a marine biologist when I grew up.  I was fascinated by the ocean and the creatures living in it and wanted nothing better than to spend countless hours swimming with them.  I did not grow up to be a marine biologist, but I still love the ocean.  I decided to share some of that and took my children on a dolphin cruise.  On our way out of the bay, I noticed these two pelicans sitting on one of the navigation signs.

Cane Creek and Rockhouse Falls

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Cane Creek and Rockhouse Falls

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Today’s Photo:  Cane Creek and Rock House Falls

The main attraction at Fall Creek Falls state park in Tennessee is, of course, Fall Creek Falls.  However, there are several others that are pretty impressive.  Two of them are Rockhouse falls and Cane Creek falls.  These two happen to drop into the same basin just beside each other.  I wanted to visit both the top and bottom of these two falls, but ended up only having time to stop by the top overlook.  Whatever you do, take care because it is a long way down.

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