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A red-eared slider turtle blows bubbles as she surfaces.
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
3 July 2023.
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▶ "The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The red-eared slider is native from the Midwestern United States to northern Mexico, but has become established in other places because of pet releases, and has become invasive in many areas where it out-competes native species. The turtle gets its name from the small, red stripe around its ears, or where its ears would be, and from its ability to slide quickly off rocks and logs into the water."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 16 July 2023, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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▶ Photo and story by Yours For Good Fermentables.com.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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Morning in the woodland.
Soft camouflage
To fend the summer beast.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
23 June 2025.
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▶ As seen on the purple-blazed Three Creeks Trail: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre suburban Piedmont forest located in three Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan-area parks: Melton Park, Mason Mill Park, and Medlock Park.
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▶ Photo —and Pic(k) of the Week— by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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A red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) perched in a tree: a wonderful find for a winter's Sunday stroll.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
11 January 2026.
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🐤 Photographer's note:
I first noticed this hawk sitting in a marsh, far from my position and partially hidden from sight. I found a fallen bough to sit on and waited, hoping he might move closer for a 'cleaner' view. Forty-five minutes later, he obliged. And, for a moment, I felt like a 'birder.'
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▶ Photo — and Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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A juvenile great blue heron (Ardea herodias), fishing on...
Decatur (Decatur Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
1 August 2023.
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Who knew that the simple parking lot of a strip mall could provide the backdrop for the magnificent panorama of a summer-storm sunset?
Tucker, Georgia, USA.
10 August 2022 (8:14 pm EDT)
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Morning mist rising over the Tennesse River, as seen from the...
Chattanooga (Veterans Memorial Bridge), Tennessee, USA.
10 October 2021.
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Waxing gibbous Harvest Moon (52% illuminated), overhead...
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
14 September 2021 (8:20 pm EDT)
▶ The evening sky was hazy (humidity + growing cloud cover), but you get the picture, handheld.
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▶ In the Northern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. Depending on the year, the full Harvest Moon can occur anywhere from two weeks before the autumn equinox to two weeks after. Thus, the Harvest Moon is either the last full moon of the summer season or the first full moon in autumn.
In 2021, the Northern Hemisphere autumn equinox comes on September 22. The full moon falls less than two days earlier, on September 20. Thus, for the Northern Hemisphere, this upcoming full moon is the Harvest Moon and the last full moon of summer.
— EarthSky
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Wrong way? Pedestrians fill the streets, during the...
Decatur (Decatur Square), Georgia, USA.
6 May 2023.
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On 13 May 2023, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature.
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The Guide (June 2022)
galvanized steel, acrylic LED light bar
— Phil Proctor (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Decatur (Sycamore Ridge), Georgia, USA.
Picture taken: 24 June 2022.
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▶ "The Guide is a figurative work fabricated entirely from 8" I-beams. The figure stands in the classical contrapposto pose and holds an acrylic staff that illuminates his path through dark times."
— Phil Proctor.
▶The sculpture is one piece in the Decatur Artway public arts project.
▶ See the sculpture from a different perspective (taken during the day): here.
▶ MARTA = Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Handheld (at 1/6 second), lying on my back, looking up.
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Pungent aroma and brilliant color, but...a weed? Wild garlic, blooming, in...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
27 May 2023.
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▶ "Allium vineale —commonly known as wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic, or stag's garlic— is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion in the genus Allium and family Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis). It is native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and the Middle East. The species has been introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become a noxious weed.
All parts of the plant have a strong garlic odour. The underground bulb is 0.4 to 0.8 inches in diameter (1–2 cm). The main stem grows 1 to 4 feet tall (30–120 cm), comprising a number of small red bulbils (exterior bulbs) with a few pinkish-green flowers, 3⁄32 to 3⁄16 inches long (2.5 to 4.5 mm)."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 5 June 2023, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature.
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A 'bayou' morning on Beaver Pond: wetlands of South Fork Peachtree Creek.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
19 March 2023.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
▶ On 26 April 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
▶ Compare this image to one taken from a different vantage point, farther to the left, and earlier in winter: here.
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At sunrise, looking southeast from the summit of...
DeKalb County (Stonecrest ), Georgia, USA.
3 April 2026 (8:06 am EDT).
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📷 Photographer's note:
A combination of high humidity, 50% cloud cover, and air rife with pollen produced a noticeable orange haze at sunrise.
👎 Rejection:
On 14 April 2026, an administrator and/or moderator for the Flickr group "Sunsets & Sunrises around the world" rejected this photo. Really?
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▶ Photo — and Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Settings: 92 mm | ƒ/5.6 | ISO 400.
1) Exposure bracket (2 images: tripod): 1/320 sec; 1/640 sec.
2) Focus bracket (3 images: tripod).
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Late afternoon on Frog Bog, a marshy channel of Cecilia Creek.
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 December 2024
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▶ Photo by —and Pic(k) of the Week on— YFGF.
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Hazy sunrise over the summit of...
DeKalb County (Stonecrest ), Georgia, USA.
8 June 2023 (6:52 am EDT).
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▶ Smoke from rampant Canadian wildfires reached as far south as northern Georgia (even if nowhere as severe as in the U.S. northeast and mid-Atlantic).
▶ Compare to an image taken 10 minutes earlier, as the sun was just beginning to rise over a ridge beneath the summit: here.
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Even decaying and solitary, the dead tree can seem reborn when 'kissed' by morning sun and mist.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
20 November 2022.
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The waning gibbous moon, setting at sunrise, over the...
St. Augustine (Anastasia), Florida, USA.
5 July 2023 (7:06 am).
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📷 Photographer's note.
Missed it by 'thaaat' much! Only two days earlier, the 'Buck' moon had been a full 'supermoon.'
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▶ "The St. Augustine Light Station is a privately maintained aid to navigation and an active, working lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida. It stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built between 1871 and 1874. The current lighthouse tower, original first-order Fresnel lens, and the Light Station grounds are owned by the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, Inc., a not-for-profit maritime museum.
☞ The St. Augustine Light Station comprises the 165-foot (50 m) 1874 tower, the 1876 Keepers' House, two summer kitchens added in 1886, a 1941 U.S. Coast Guard barracks, and a 1936 garage that housed a jeep repair facility during World War II. The site is also a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather station. The lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
☞ The tower, however, is the second lighthouse tower in St. Augustine, the first being lit officially by the American territorial government in May 1824 as Florida's first lighthouse. However, both the Spanish and British governments had earlier operated navigation aids here, including a series of wooden watchtowers and beacons dating from 1565."
— Wikipedia.
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...behind you!
Atlanta (Reynoldstown), Georgia, USA.
18 February 2022.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 3 March 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in the Explore feature (226th out of 500 chosen).
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Night kegs at the diner.
Off-Ford-able cooperage
On a mighty dray.
Decatur (Oakhurst), Georgia, USA.
1 October 2021.
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▶ Photographer's note.
I pre-envisioned this shot as a black-and-white night street scene. But its teal-and-orange cinematic look —supplied in situ— made me reconsider. See it in black-and-white: here.
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A wood stork (Mycteria americana) perches in a tree.
On a hammock in a brackish marsh, in...
St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
5 September 2022.
▶ See a phalanx of storks at the park: here.
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📷 Photographer's notes:
☞ On 27 August 2025, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (118th out of 500 chosen in a blue-color-themed 'takeover').
☞ Note that the image originally had been uploaded nearly three years earlier.
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🐤 Ornithological note:
"To the north [of Fort Mosé], colonies of wood storks, egrets, and herons have established several nesting rookeries. These gregarious birds showcase their breeding plumage from mid-March through July.
One of the largest birds to nest in this area is the wood stork. This area is ideal for nesting because the changing water level reveals higher concentrations of fish during lower tides. Females lay two to five eggs, which both parents incubate for about one month. A pair of nesting wood storks and their young need approximately 443 pounds of fish during the breeding season to survive.
In the 1930s, there were an estimated 20,000 breeding pairs of wood storks [in Florida]; today, the population is approximately 8,000. The numbers have declined drastically, mainly from loss of feeding grounds due to land development, logging, and draining."
— Fort Mosé placard
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A kayaker runs the rapids of the Potomac River at Great Falls, as viewed from the...
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Park (aka C&O Canal)
Montgomery County (Potomac), Maryland, USA.
25 November 2015.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 25 August 2021, Flickr's editors chose this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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— Focal length: 200 mm
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Gather ye nuts while ye may...even when hanging by your hind legs!
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
9 November 2023.
...with apologies to poet Robert Herrick.
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As I was setting up my tripod, a passing hiker greeted me.
"It's a beautiful day."
"Yes, indeed," I replied.
Arabia Lake on Arabia Mountain
DeKalb County (Stonecrest ), Georgia, USA.
6 November 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
See another image taken from this same spot, but in early spring: here.
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▶ Photo — and Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Settings: 14 mm | 1/400 sec | ƒ/5.6 | ISO 200
— Panoramic stitch (10 images: tripod).
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The residents of a beaver lodge have been busy building a dam on Cecilia Creek.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
15 March 2025.
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Looking north, on the Matanzas River, at the Castillo de San Marcos.
St. Augustine (Historic District ), Florida, USA.
7 September 2022.
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▶ "The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida, built by the Spanish to protect the city.
The Castillo is a masonry star fort made of a stone called coquina (Spanish for "small shells"), which consists of ancient shells that have bonded together to form a sedimentary rock similar to limestone. Construction began in 1672 and was completed in 1695, though the structure would undergo many alterations and renovations over the centuries. Native Americans from Spain's nearby missions did most of the labor, with additional skilled workers brought in from Havana, Cuba."
— Wikipedia.
▶ In 1924, the Castillo (then named Fort Marion) was declared a U.S. National Monument. In 1933, the National Park Service assumed responsibility. In 1942, the original name, Castillo de San Marcos, was restored.
— National Park Service pamphlet.
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A glorious German-brewed pilsner, served on draught, on the patio, at ...
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
7 May 2023.
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▶ Brewery description:
"The Rothaus Tannenzäpfle is the absolute classic among our beers - and has been since 1956. That is why it is also the namesake and figurehead of the Gäpfle family. The best aromatic hops from Tettnang and the Hallertau as well as local malt made from summer barley and the purest spring water from the Black Forest give Rothaus Tannenzäpfle its uniquely spicy and fresh taste."
— Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus (Baden State Brewery Rothaus)
▶ Me:
For having traveled so far, the beer was in good form. Brilliant clarity under a long-lived collar of white foam. Slightly grassy nose; subtle cracker-wafer malt; hints of honey and green apple; subdued tree-sap and mowed-grass hops; dry, slightly sulfury finish. Bonus points: served on draught, in a brewery serving glass, out-of-doors, on a spring afternoon. Delightful!
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▶ Words matter:
☞ Tannenzäpfle = German for "fir cone."
☞ Hochschwarzwald = German for "high black forest."
▶ The brewery:
☞ Wikipedia.
☞ "The Cult of Rothaus"
— Punch (2019).
▶ The pub:
My Parents' Basement is a comic/graphic-novel emporium, game arcade, and 'craft' beer pub, combined.
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"Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from Heaven,
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass."
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
7 November 2021.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ Crepuscular rays illuminated the pond wetlands in morning mist. (Well, ok, deliberately induced sun-flares did.)
☞ On 9 November 2021, Flickr's editors chose this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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Wild red clover: a most gorgeous and valuable 'weed.'
Trailhead Community Park of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
28 April 2023.
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▶ "Trifolium pratense — commonly known as red clover— is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but has been naturalized in many other regions, such as North and South America.
☞ Trifolium pratense grows 8 to 31 inches tall (20–80 cm). The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 0.5 to 0.6 inches long (12–15 mm), produced in a dense inflorescence [cluster of flowers arranged on a stem], attractive to bumblebees.
☞ Tolerant to drought, Trifolium pratense is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility and promotes protein rich growth, and enables it to support a wide range of wildlife including deer, turkeys, and rabbits. Its flowers and leaves are edible."
— Wikipedia.
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Look down! When the frost melts, the leaves glisten.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
18 December 2020.
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North for breeding season, a yellow-crowned night heron perches on a tree branch in swampy marshland.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
21 April 2023.
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▶ About the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
"Nyctanassa violacea —commonly known as the yellow-crowned night heron— lives near shallow water; marshes, wooded swamps, and lakeshores for inland populations, and thickets, mangroves, and cliff-bound coasts for coastal populations.
☞ Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. Small crustaceans are its principal diet, so it winters where the climate allows for year-round crab activity: south Florida, the Gulf Coast, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. But during breeding, it can be found farther north [such as here, in Georgia].
☞ The yellow-crowned night heron is a stocky wading bird, ranging from ~2 to 2½ feet long (55 to 70 centimeters) and from 1½ to 2 lbs. (650 to 850 g), with a wingspan ranging from ~3½ - 4 feet (101 to 112 cm).
☞ Its body and back are a smooth grey-blue, with a black scaled pattern on the wings. The long legs are yellow and turn coral, pink, or red during courtship. The head is black and glossy, with white cheeks and a pale yellow crown going from the bill, between the eyes, to the back of the head. Long, thin, white feathers grow to the back of the crown during mating season. The bill, also black, is thick and deeply set under the eyes which are dark orange or red."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ Well, I blew out some of the highlights and cut off one of the heron's feet, but, nonetheless, I was excited to have photo-caught this fellow in the wild.
☞ Thank you to a passing birder who identified the bird for me and congratulated me on my new "lifer." Apparently, that's birdwatching lingo for spotting a bird you’ve never seen before!
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"Chiefly nocturnal, a barred owl does not generally tolerate close approach." Yet there he was, in late afternoon, perched only a few meters in front of us.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 September 2025.
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🐤 Ornithological note:
"The barred owl (Strix varia) is a chunky owl with dark eyes, dark barring on its upper breast, and dark streaking below. It is a common resident in dense coniferous or mixed woods of river bottoms or swamps, and upland woods. Its distinctive call is a rhythmic series of loud hoots: 'who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you-all.' "
— National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America.
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Look down! It's a tiny, native 'weed' with a sublime name —"Small Venus' Looking-Glass"— seen blooming alongside a sidewalk.
City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
6 May 2024.
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▶ "Triodanis perfoliata — commonly known as Clasping bellflower, Clasping bellwort, or Small Venus' looking-glass — is a small, annual flowering plant belonging to the bellflower family (Campanulaceae), native to North and South America (from Canada to Argentina). It grows in prairies, along the edges of woods and rocky outcrops, and in disturbed soil, such as roadsides [and sidewalks!].
Triodanis perfoliata grows to a height of 4-18 inches (10–46 cm). On the upper part of the stem, the plant produces bell-shaped five-petaled flowers, approximately ½ inch or less across (1.3 cm), that range in color from blue-violet to pink-purple to lavender, with a white center. There are also flowers on the lower part of the stem but they do not open. These are cleistogamous — automatic self-pollinators that produce seeds."
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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Tall, yellow ragwort wildflowers, growing abundantly in the wetlands of Glenn Creek in early spring.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ "Packera anonyma — commonly known as Small's Ragwort, Appalachian Ragwort, Southern Ragwort, Plain Ragwort — is a wildflower in the aster family (Asteraceae), native to much of the eastern United States, south of New England.
Small's Ragwort flourishes in habitats that are wet during the winter and dry in summer and is one of the first native flowers to bloom in abundance, beginning in March and continuing into June. The ray and disc flowers are bright yellow, 8-15 rays per flower. The plant grows up to 3 feet tall (1 m)."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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▶ Seen on the purple-blazed Three Creeks Trail: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre Piedmont forest in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The trail connects Ira B. Melton Park to the larger Mason Mill Park. The three creeks of the trail's name are Glenn Creek, Burnt Fork Creek, and South Fork Peachtree Creek; the first two are tributaries of the third.
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Even (especially?) at night, southern live oaks can appear magical and magnificent.
St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA.
9 September 2022.
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▶ "Quercus virginiana —also known as the southern live oak— is an evergreen oak tree native to the southeastern United States and the lower coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South."
— Wikipedia.
▶ Photographer's note.
A long exposure (15 seconds) at night, with an orange spotlight illuminating the trees from below. 'Monochromed' in post.
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Coming or going? Locomotive 964 decouples from a long line of freight cars. As seen, late in the afternoon.
Atlanta (Kirkwood), Georgia, USA.
29 December 2020.
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▶ The skyscraper silhouetted dead-center is SunTrust Plaza, the second-tallest building in Georgia.
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Looking for shapes (and implied motion) in the winter woodland.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
27 December 2023.
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👎 Rejection:
On 26 January 2024, the administrator for the Flickr group, "Flickr Forest & Woodland Landscapes," rejected this image as NOT depicting a woodland landscape. That's some serious mularkey, Jack!
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She came.
She saw.
She flew
Away.
A North American tyrant flycatcher (tyrannidae), perched over...
Postal Pond
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
31 October 2020.
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A Sunday morning reverie (quiet other than the honking of Canada geese, off-camera).
City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
27 August 2023.
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Rapeseed (Brassica napus), blooming in...
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
16 April 2021.
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▶ Rapeseed is the plant from which canola oil (an adman's portmanteau of 'Canada' and 'ola', the latter itself meaning 'oil, low acid') is extracted. The re-name may have seemed more, err, palatable.
▶ Decatur's Kitchen Garden is an immigrant-operated community garden.
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Tall, upright white wild indigo wildflowers are among the first native plants of the spring season to bloom in the Trailhead Community Park, on the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
15 April 2023.
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▶ Baptisia alba —commonly called white wild indigo or white false indigo— is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing in grasslands, favoring moist soils, and typically 2 to 4 feet tall (0.61 to 1.2 m).
White, pea-like flowers occur from a long spike inflorescence [cluster of flowers arranged on a stem], and bloom from April to July, earlier in the southern part of the range. Leaves have an alternate arrangement, and are trifoliate [three-parted], narrow, and oblong. Clusters of large, black seedpods often remain attached to the naked winter stems. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers. The plant can be fatal to cows and irritating to humans, if ingested.
— Wikipedia.
— Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center.
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Blue lyreleaf sage, blooming wild, in...
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
9 April 2022.
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▶ "Salvia lyrata —commonly known as lyreleaf sage— is an herbaceous perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae) and native to the eastern and central United States. It may grow 1 to 2 feet tall, with leaves that originate at the base of the stem. Each basal leaf [arising from the base of the plant.] is lobed like a lyre, hence the species name, and lavender flowers occur in rings around the stem from mid-spring to early summer, attracting butterflies."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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Come feed the little birds,
Show them you care.
And you'll be glad if you do.
Their young ones are hungry
Their nests are so bare.
All it takes is tuppence from you.
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
— Mary Poppins.
City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
6 June 2024.
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▶ The birds in the water are a mother mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and her ducklings. On land, the larger, braver bird, feeding to the right, is a Moscovy duck (Cairina moschata), native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Small wild and feral breeding populations have also established themselves in the United States.
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Over the dun hill,
A tree comes into blossom.
A moment recursive
In Brigid's turn.
City of Atlanta (Candler Park), Georgia, USA.
21 March 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
Here — at the Candler Park Municipal Golf Course— the Stone Mountain Trail (managed by the PATH Foundation) and the Freedom Park Trail (managed by the Freedom Park Conservancy) converge along the same route.
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Pink gnome no. 7,
Whimsy on a front stoop.
Diagonally, I'm hip.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 March 2025.
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Brilliant red poppies (Papaver rhoeas) bloom in an urban wildflower meadow planted along a CSX railroad track.
City of Clarkston, Georgia, USA.
13 May 2025.
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▶ The Stone Mountain Trail is an urban pedestrian trail that stretches for nineteen miles, connecting downtown Atlanta to Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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Native blue mistflowers, blooming adjacent to a wild-garden pond.
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 October 2025.
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❀ Botanical note:
"Conoclinium coelestinum — commonly known as blue mistflower, mistflower wild ageratum, or blue boneset — is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America, growing in moist soils, wood edges, sandy woodlands, wet meadows, and stream banks.
The plant grows to a height of 1 to 2½ feet (30 to 76 cm) with round, light green stems. The opposite-growing leaves are ovate to triangular in shape, with blunt teeth. It produces flowers from late summer until frost. Flat-topped clusters, or panicles, of blue, purple, or lavender flowerheads, measuring 1 to 3 inches (3 to 8 cm), are located at the end of the stems. Each flowerhead consists of approximately 40 to 50 disk florets, each with a tiny, tubular corolla [collection of all petals in a flower] featuring 5 spreading lobes."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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A rare lunar convergence: August's full sturgeon moon was both a blue moon AND a supermoon!
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
19 August 2024 (21:21 EDT)
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📷 Photographer's notes:
1) To create this image for (and on) World Photography Day, I waited until evening and photographed the church steeple with a 40 mm focal length and a long exposure of 30 seconds.
2) Then, a few minutes later, I photographed the moon as it rose parallel to the church, with a longer 300 mm focal length and a shorter shutter speed of 1/200th of a second.
3) I merged the two photos in post-production: in effect, a focal length blend and a time blend. This created an image closely mimicking what I had actually observed. A stellar (or would that be, lunar?) sight!
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🌠 Astronomical notes:
☞ "The name Sturgeon Moon comes from the giant lake sturgeon of the American Great Lakes; this native freshwater fish was readily caught during this part of summer and an important food staple for Native Americans who lived in the region. At one time the lake sturgeon was quite abundant in late summer, though they are rarer today."
☞ "The super moon part refers to the moon's orbit, which brings it slightly closer to Earth this month, making it appear bigger and brighter. This occurs since the moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptical instead of just a circle, and thus there are times when the moon is further and closer to our planet."
☞ "A blue moon is not about the color of the moon, but instead the frequency of the full moon. There are two definitions of a blue moon—the first describes when there are two full moons in a single month. Since the moon’s cycle is 29.5 days, and our average calendar month is 30-31 days, this blue moon occurs every two to three years. There are also seasonal blue moons, in which a calendar season contains four full moons instead of the usual three, and the blue moon is the third of the four full moons. August’s full moon is of this variety. The next seasonal blue moon is expected in May 2027."
☞ "The combination of the super moon and the blue moon is rare, and the time between their occurrences is quite 'irregular' and could be as much as 20 years, with 10 years between the average. Though we had a super blue moon somewhat recently, in August 2023, the next super blue moon will not occur until January 2037."
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"And smale foweles maken melodye."
— Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)
A ruby-crowned kinglet, usually found in northern North America, was far south for the winter.
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
26 February 2025.
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📷 Photographer's notes:
☞ Thank you to Flickr-er Bárbol who confirmed my guess that this handsome fellow was indeed a ruby-crowned kinglet.
☞ However, there appears to be some dispute about its taxonomy. Whereas Bárbol — and my 2008 edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America— classifies the species as Regulus calendula, the American Ornithological Society reclassified it as Corthylio calendulain 2021.
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▶ Rejection:
On 22 March 2025, the administrator for the Flickr group "GEORGIA, THE PEACH STATE" rejected this photo for NOT displaying "scenic beauty of the State of Georgia, USA." Denying the kinglet its migratory presence in the state is gaslighting nonsense.
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Drummer for Mandi Strachota and the Major 7s.
City of Decatur (Oakhurst), Georgia, USA.
11 October 2025.
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▶ Oakhurst Porchfest:
Since 2015, "a grassroots community music festival where front porches become stages, yards become venues, and radical generosity and goodwill rule the day." More photos: here.
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🎶 Mandi Strachota and the Major 7s:
"Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in the wilds of Wisconsin, Mandi Strachota is the product of southern roots and Midwest know-how, a potent mix of practicality and soulful dreaming. Mandi has become a fixture on the Atlanta scene, taking her music nationwide in 2019. She is known for her soulful vocals, but is a multi-instrumentalist who is quickly becoming known for her songwriting [...] embracing R&B, gospel, and soul, [...and] dabbling in jazz and blues, with a touch of grit and country sway."
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🎉 Commendation:
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The sights of the city cannot be seen, and
Its sounds only faint, as
The fisherman wades.
A great blue heron, on (in)...
Postal Pond
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
15 December 2020.
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Spring vestured,
Winter senescent.
Seasonal juxtaposition.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
18 March 2021.
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