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Look down! Tiny blue winter speedwell blossoms have popped up, low down, in large numbers, seemingly overnight.
DeKalb County (Avondale Estates), Georgia, USA.
24 February 2022.
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▶ "Veronica persica —known as birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or winter speedwell)— is a flowering plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species elsewhere, including North America. [...] The short-stalked leaves are broadly ovate with coarsely serrated margins, and measure one to two centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) long. The flowers are roughly one centimeter (0.4 inches) wide and are sky-blue in color with dark stripes and white centers."
— Wikipedia.
▶ This is a closeup. These tiny flowers appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Macro extension tubes: 26 mm
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Riffles on Turkeyfoot Creek,
Serene, tranquil.
Urban cacophony, vanquished.
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
City of Atlanta (Cascade Heights), Georgia, USA.
9 August 2024.
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▶ Photo by —and Pic(k) of the Week at— YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
— Focal length: 45 mm
— Aperture: ƒ/8.0
— Shutter speed: 6 seconds
— ISO: 200
— Neutral density filter: 10-stops.
— Panoramic stitch (5 images).
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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Españolas (2010)
painted concrete
St. Augustine Sculpture Garden
St. Augustine Beach (Lake Anhinga ), Florida, USA.
12 September 2025 (7:29 am EDT)
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▶ About the artist
"I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela during the sixties. Now, I am a multidisciplinary artist, painter, muralist and sculptress. I am a College level art instructor and recipient of Artist in Residence grants in Jacksonville, FL. I have participated several times in Jacksonville's Cultural Council Art in Public Programs, developing murals, banners and large art panels. I was pre-selected by the Police Athletic League with a proposal with large size colorful concrete pillows for their outdoor areas. I have designed and executed large mosaic murals for the Florida Museum of Natural History. I recently completed two commissions, a collection of paintings inspired on St. Augustine's female historic figures, and a series based on Floridian history. I completed three monumental sculptures for the St. Augustine Sculpture Garden in St. Augustine Beach, Florida."
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❖ Historical note:
St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the continental United States, established by Spanish explorers in 1565. One can easily picture the female colonists, las españolas, Sunday-promenading with their parasols and fans, reminiscent of the scene depicted by the sculptor. The St. Augustine Sculpture Garden is situated just beyond the city's southeastern border, in St. Augustine Beach, a small beach resort town of mid-20th-century vintage.
📷 Photographer's note:
I first made the acquaintance of these charming ladies on a visit to St. Augustine in 2018 and took their portraits. I wasn't completely satisfied with the outcome, so I returned seven years later for another try. The park appeared a bit worn, in need of some care, and the sculpture's descriptive plaque had gone missing. Nevertheless, les Españolas, with their fans and parasols, looked resplendent en alborada. Felicitaciones!
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▶ Photo and — Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
— Focal length: 15mm
— Aperture: ƒ/5.6
— Exposure bracket (2 images): 1/125 sec; 1/250 sec.
— ISO: 400
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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"Listen with the ear of your heart."
— Prologue, Rule of St. Benedict (c. 530 CE).
A Lenten rose (hellebore) blooms in mid-winter, in a small garden on the grounds of...
Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit
Rockdale County (Conyers), Georgia, USA.
3 February 2024.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 5 February 2024, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (no. 474 out of 500 chosen).
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— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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Waiting and watching,
The green frog sits atop the pond,
For the moment,
Master of his domain.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
15 June 2024.
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▶ "Lithobates clamitans —commonly known as the green frog— is a species of frog native to eastern North America. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog.
Adult green frogs range from 2 to 4 inches in body length (5–10 cm); the typical body weight is 1 to 3 ounces (28 to 85 g).
Green frogs usually have green heads while the body is brown, gray, or dark green. The green head can be more or less prominent on certain individuals. The belly is white with black mottling. Male green frogs in breeding condition have yellow throats. Green frogs are darker colored on colder days to help absorb heat. The mating call of a green frog sounds like the single note of a plucked banjo."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photo and story by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
— Digital tele-converter.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15, Nik Collection (2016).
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Invasive but lovely, a Bradford pear tree blooms...in winter!
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
17 February 2023.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 29 March 2023, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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Woodland embrace,
Like a caress.
Vernal fancy.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
25 April 2025
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📷 Photographer's note.
After uploading the photo, I changed the title from "Twister " to "Like a caress," unabashedly adopting a comment by Flickr-er Kirstie (below). So much the better!
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▶ Photo —and Pic(k) of the Week— by: YFGF.
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A historic covered bridge (open to light vehicular and pedestrian traffic) crosses a narrow channel of Stone Mountain Lake, in...
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
15 November 2023.
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▶ The Washington W. King / College Avenue Covered Bridge was designed, engineered, and constructed, in 1891 (at a cost of approximately $2,470), by Washington W. King, the son of freed slave, Horace King (also renowned as a bridge builder and architect in the Deep South). This bridge is one of only four remaining structures of the many created and constructed by Washington King. Several members of his extended family were prominent African-American businessmen for decades in multiple Georgia cities.
☞ The covered bridge —using a 'Town Lattice' design that allowed the wooden bridge to flex, expand and contract with the seasons— was built by King in Athens, Georgia, to connect the downtown area with outlying farm lands across the Oconee River.
☞The bridge served Athens well for decades, until two severe floods, in 1910 and again in 1963, severely damaged the bridge, causing concern for its ongoing use. Soon thereafter, the covered bridge was replaced with a new concrete and steel crossing, and the original bridge was set aside on the banks of the Oconee River.
☞ In 1965, the Clarke County Commission donated the bridge to the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA). The bridge was partially disassembled and transported sixty miles to Stone Mountain Park, where it was re-assembled and re-installed atop new cement and granite piers. It now connects the park to Indian Island, a picturesque 17-acre island on Stone Mountain Lake.
— Decaturish.
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▶ Photo and story by Yours For Good Fermentables.com.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R.
— Focal length: 32 mm
— Aperture: ƒ/8.0
— Exposure blend (4 images) : 1/400 sec; 2 sec; 4 sec; 8 sec.
— ISO: 200
— Neutral density filter: 10-stop.
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After the rain,
The urban duo
Goes into the green.
City of Atlanta (Kirkwood), Georgia, USA.
28 June 2025.
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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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Two small lakes —once excavation pits for an early-20th-century clay-brick manufacturer— are now fecund wetlands of the South River.
DeKalb County (Gresham Park), Georgia, USA.
18 July 2024 (7:35 am EDT)
▶ The view behind the camera: here.
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▶ "Constitution Lakes is a 125-acre park operated by DeKalb County, the land purchased for $1.28 million in 2003. Part former brickworks, part wildlife refuge, part hiking trail, part snake pit, and part art exhibit, the land has been transformed by both humans and the flooding South River into an ecological sanctuary smack in the middle of an industrial district.
At the center of the park lie two small lakes that were excavation pits created by the former South River Brick Company [late 19th and early 20th-century] digging out the soft red clay for bricks. The lakes feature countless turtles, crappie, and catfish, along with bass fish: large mouth, small mouth, spotted and striped bass. For bird watchers, you’ll see belted kingfishers, woodpeckers, ducks, blue herons, [ibises], geese, hawks, and more."
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▶ Photo and story by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Panoramic stitch (9 images)
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A mallard hen (Anas platyrhynchos) was swimming in a bog, right in front of me, just below the camera's angle. She noticed me and, not pleased, let out a stream of loud, agitated quacks. Her six ducklings, alerted to danger, quickly scattered for safety. I couldn't help but apologize to them all as I exited...but not before capturing a photo!
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 April 2025.
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▶ Rejection:
On 13 May 2025, the administrator for the Flickr group "Nature Shoot All the World/ No flowers Wild animal only" rejected this photo for NOT displaying wild animals. Following my appeal, they amended their decision and approved the image. Thank you.
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▶ Photo by: YFGF.
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Look down! On the forest floor, it's a "Little Sweet Betsy" trillium, blooming in late winter.
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
9 March 2023.
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▶ "Trillium —also known as wake-robin, toadshade, tri-flower, birthroot, birthwort, or, sometimes, 'wood lily'— is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the Melanthiaceae family [also called the bunchflower family]. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "Trillium cuneatum —the little sweet betsy, also known as whip-poor-will flower, large toadshade, purple toadshade, and bloody butcher— is a species of flowering trillium, native to the southeastern United States.
Trillium cuneatum has three broad, mottled leaves surrounding a sessile [blossom without a stalk], banana-scented flower. The petals are erect and either maroon, bronze, green, or yellow in color, flowering from early March to late April. It is the largest of the eastern sessile-flowered trilliums."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Notice the yellow pollen grains!
▶ See a trillium, pre-bloom, two weeks earlier: here.
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Commerce bereft,
Laved in vernal set,
The Condor extinct.
A former automotive repair shop, at sunset, in...
Decatur (Oakhurst), Georgia, USA.
14 June 2021.
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Early-spring flora. These tiny, ruderal, white/purple striated violets are bustin' out all over.
Here, seen (getting down low!) just off of a sidewalk, in...
Avondale Estates (DeKalb County), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2022.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 26 May 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
▶ This is a closeup. The flower (at most 2 centimeters in diameter) appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life. I'm guessing that it is a Viola sororia. Could a fellow Flickr-er corroborate/correct?
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— Extension tube: 26 mm
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Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
7 December 2020.
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Contrasting perspectives.
Valentine
bronze
— George Lundeen (American, b. 1948)
Decatur (Decatur Square), Georgia, USA.
07 May 2022.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 24 August 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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Her morning recreation.
St. Augustine (Anastasia Island ), Florida, USA.
5 July 2023.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 28 August 2024, Flickr's editors selected this image (#479 out of 500 chosen) for inclusion in the website's daily Explore feature.
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An early azalea native wildflower blooms in the...
Trailhead Community Park, of East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 April 2024.
▶ See another early azalea, budding before opening: here.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 7 May 2024, the administrator for the Flickr group "Flickr Best compositions" rejected this image, writing: "your floral shot just isn't a real good composition, there are no dynamics, nice shot but kinda blase." [their misspelling]. I left the group, but I carry the memory of that nonsense as a badge of honor.
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▶ Photo and story by: YFGF.beer.
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Bees vs. ladybugs: who's winning? It's checkerboard whimsy, in...
DeKalb County (Oak Grove), Georgia, USA.
15 July 2021.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Meike MK 25mm f/1.8
— Focal length: 25.0 mm
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— Shutter speed: 1/30 seconds
— ISO: 200
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Ceiling over subterranean rail station.
Five Points MARTA
Atlanta (downtown), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2025.
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▶ MARTA = Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
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▶ Photo —and Pic(k) of the Week— by: YFGF.
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Sunday morning Adirondack.
A sense of summer's close.
Have a seat.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
28 August 2022 (8:40 am EDT).
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To fell a tree,
Hooded,
An arborist, in silhouette.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
30 December 2020.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 2 January 2021, the image was selected for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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Baling hay at...
Stillpoint Farm (and Milkhouse farm-brewery), in...
Mount Airy, Maryland, USA.
19 May 2012.
▶ Edit of an image originally uploaded in 2012.
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▶ Camera: Canon PowerShot SX130 IS.
---> Focal length: 48 mm
---> Aperture: ƒ/5.6
---> Shutter speed: 1/1000
---> ISO: 250
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Brunch of local organic radishes (Her Garden & Produce) and Estonian rye bread (EstoEtno Fine Bakery).
Purchased at...
Avondale Estates Farmers' Market
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
28 June 2020.
...the 'fancy' plating, with vegan butter, occurred at home. Brunch!
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▶ "Rye bread has fed Estonians for centuries. Our bread is real rye - made like has been made for a very long time - still relying on wild yeast and time to create this gut-friendly source of nutrition. Our rye breads are vegan, wheat-free, and have a two-week shelf life."
— EstoEtno Fine Bakery.
▶ Photographer's note:
Selected for inclusion in Flickr's Explore, on 29 June 2020.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Lens: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R.
— Olympus WCON-P-01 Wide Converter (11 mm focal length).
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Warehouse dock during golden hour.
As seen from the Stone Mountain Trail —a 19-mile urban pedestrian trail in—
DeKalb County (Scottdale), Georgia, USA.
13 January 2025.
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▶ Photo —and Pic(k) of the Week— by: YFGF.
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In-town 'waterfall' of Glenn Creek, in parkland just east of...
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
07 January 2022.
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▶ About Glenn Creek
☞ Glenn Creek is part of the Chattahoochie River Basin in Georgia. The creek's headwaters (fed by spring and storm-drain!) form one-half mile east of this rapid, in Glenn Creek Nature Preserve.
☞ Conversely, from this point the creek flows two miles farther
northwest, to its confluence with the larger South Fork Peachtree Creek in the Ira B. Melton Park (DeKalb County).
☞ "Initially, Glenn Creek was called 'Hunter's Branch,' but over the years it became known as Glenn Creek, which is one of many headwaters located in the city of Decatur."
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— Polarizing filter
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Morning light anoints a dead tree, yet standing on marshy ground.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
3 October 2023.
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A flock of flamingos = a "flamboyance" of flamingos. Indeed!
Atlanta (Grant Park), Georgia, USA.
20 November 2021.
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At rest: street tableau as festival abounds.
City of Decatur (Decatur Square), Georgia, USA.
4 May 2025.
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▶ "The Decatur Arts Festival brings the community together through a multi-day offering of live music, dance, comedy, theatrical performances, children's book festival, exhibitions, and an expansive and diverse artists’ market." More photos: here.
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Not a lily: a Leopard Lily.
DeKalb County (Vista Grove), Georgia, USA.
26 July 2018.
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▶ "Introduced from Asia, Iris domestic —commonly known as Blackberry Lily, Leopard Flower, Leopard Lily— escaped from cultivation and naturalized in the United States in the 19th century. The term 'blackberry' in one of its common names comes from the tight clusters of dark seeds the plant produces."
— Wildflowers of the United States.
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After a dry summer, only small cascades on Turkeyfoot Creek.
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
City of Atlanta (Cascade Heights), Georgia, USA.
9 August 2024.
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❖ Posted in celebration of World Photography Day.❖
19 August 2024.
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Dense thickets of tiny arrowleaf tearthumb wildflowers, blooming along the banks of...
Postal Pond in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
28 September 2024.
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▶ Photographer's note:
This is a closeup. These tiny blossoms — at most ½-centimeter in diameter— appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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In the veldt,
Poetically.
An autumn meadow,
Prosaically.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
11 November 2021.
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The chapel is quiet, minutes before the Trappist monks entered for prayers at noon.
Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit
Rockdale County (Conyers), Georgia, USA.
3 February 2024.
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A native 'Rising Sun' eastern redbud tree blooms in late winter, in the Trailhead Community Park of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 March 2024.
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▶ "Cercis canadensis —commonly known as the eastern redbud tree— is a large deciduous shrub or small tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), native to eastern North America from southern Michigan south to central Mexico, and as far west as New Mexico. The eastern redbud typically grows to 20 to 30 feet tall (6–9 m) with a 26 to 33-foot wide canopy (8–10 m ). It generally has a short, often twisted trunk and spreading branches
Rising Sun Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘JN2’) is a smaller variety of the more common Eastern Redbud, only growing to about 8-12 feet in height (2.5-3.5 m). In early spring, the tree bursts into bloom before the leaves appear, with tiny, sweet pea-like flowers of lavender-pink hue. This spectacle is followed by the emergence of heart-shaped leaves, which start as a vibrant shade of apricot-orange. As the season progresses, the leaves transition through shades of yellow, gold, and finally, a rich, deep green."
— Wikipedia.
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English ivy (Hedera helix) has invaded the ruins of what may have been a small concrete-block house.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 February 2021.
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▶ Photographer's note:
This image was selected for inclusion in Flickr's Explore on 10 February 2021... but, in January 2023, it was rejected by an administrator for the Flickr group "Abandoned." Oh, well. You can't win them all!
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The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y. (1926)
oil on canvas
— Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986)
on loan from The Art Institute of Chicago.
Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks” exhibition at...
City of Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
9 February 2025.
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▶ About the painting
☞ “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”
☞ “This blazing canvas, which captures a fleeting juxtaposition of the natural and the human-built environments, was inspired by O’Keeffe’s perception of nature’s power even in an urban setting. She later recalled, 'I went out one morning to look at [the Shelton Hotel] and there was the optical illusion of a bite out of one side of the tower made by the sun, with sunspots against the building and against the sky.' The painting boldly exemplifies O’Keeffe’s response to the novel structure of the skyscraper, a subject almost exclusively represented by male artists.”
— museum plaque
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▶ About the exhibition:
(October 25, 2024 – February 16, 2025)
'I had never lived up so high before and was so excited that I began talking about trying to paint New York,' recalled Georgia O’Keeffe late in life. In 1924 the artist and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, moved into the Shelton Hotel, then the world’s tallest residential skyscraper. The hotel’s stunning views inspired O’Keeffe to explore midtown Manhattan’s soaring geometries: she experimented across media and scale and with various subjects, forms, and perspectives during an energetic five-year period beginning in 1925. Through these works, which she called 'my New Yorks,' she investigated the dynamic potential of the cityscape, often depicting it in dialogue with nature to represent her personal perceptions of the built environment.
This exhibition is the first to critically examine O’Keeffe’s paintings, drawings, and pastels of urban landscapes while situating them in the diverse context of her other compositions of the 1920s and early 1930s. The exhibition establishes these works not as outliers or as anomalous to her practice but rather as entirely integral to her modernist investigation in the 1920s—abstractions and still lifes made at Lake George in upstate New York and beyond and works made in the Southwest beginning in 1929. O’Keeffe’s 'New Yorks' are essential to understanding how she became the artist we know today.”
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👎 Rejection.
On 3 June 2025, the administrator for the Flickr group "Three's company / A trois, c'est mieux !" rejected this photo for NOT displaying "three people (human beings) together". Es-tu dans la lune?
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Winter trees can sing even without their leaves...and joyfully in black-and-white.
Rockdale County (Stockbridge), Georgia, USA.
2 February 2024.
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Seeing double.
Atlanta (Kirkwood), Georgia, USA.
16 February 2020.
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An eastern box turtle on the trail (literally).
Three Creeks Trail in...
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
21 May 2024.
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▶ "Terrapene carolina carolina — commonly known as eastern box turtle— is a reptile native to the eastern United States. It is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles normally called box turtles. While in the pond turtle family, Emydidae, and not a tortoise, the box turtle is largely terrestrial.
Eastern box turtles have a high, domelike carapace [upper body shell] which is normally brownish or black and accompanied by a yellowish or orangish radiating pattern of lines, spots, or blotches. Skin coloration, like that of the shell, is variable but is usually brown or black with some yellow, orange, red, or white spots or streaks. This coloration closely mimics that of the winter leaf of the tulip poplar tree.
Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long-lived, slow to mature, and have relatively few offspring per year. These characteristics, along with a propensity to get hit by cars and agricultural machinery, make all box turtle species particularly susceptible to anthropogenic, or human-induced, mortality. In 2011, citing 'a widespread persistent and ongoing gradual decline of Terrapene carolina that probably exceeds 32% over three generations,' the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded its conservation status from near threatened to vulnerable."
— Wikipedia.
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Mountain Lake, seen from southeastern slope of...
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
19 October 2024.
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▶ The prosaically-named lake is a reservoir created during 20th-century quarrying of granite and migmatite (both of which can be seen in the foreground).
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Not cereal grain but perennial grass.
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
27 August 2020.
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▶ "Inland Sea Oats
Ground cover for eroded shaded areas."
— park placard
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Selected for inclusion in Flickr's Explore, on 28 August 2020.
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Priorities!
Atlanta (Inman Park), Georgia, USA.
23 April 2022.
▶ More images from the festival: here.
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A mural painted on an outside side wall of...
Decatur (downtown), Georgia, USA.
11 December 2022.
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▶ Photographer's note.
Often obscured by employee vehicles, the mural was in full view on this dank winter's morning.
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Owner/distiller Michael Anderson pauses (as if in prayer!), during a spirits tasting and tour, at...
Independent Distilling Company
Decatur (East Decatur Station), Georgia, USA.
26 March 2021.
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▶ The small distillery was celebrating its 7th anniversary.
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The bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) have begun bellowing. It's mating season, in among the water clover, of...
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
27 April 2021.
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A Jorō near-miss! It was a foggy morning, so I almost didn't notice an expansive web and its spinster on the trail ahead. I was just able to duck at the last moment.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
12 November 2022.
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▶"Trichonephila clavata —also known as the Jorō spider (ジョロウグモ)— is a member of the Trichonephila genus. The spider can be found throughout Japan (except Hokkaidō), Korea, Taiwan, and China. The spider is also an introduced species in North America —first spotted, in 2013, in northeast Georgia and northwest / upstate South Carolina. It is believed that the species will become naturalized over much of the eastern seaboard of the United States due to its relative resistance to cold.
The adult female's body size is 2/3 to 1 inch (17–25 mm), while the male's is 1/4 to 2/5 inches (7–10 mm). The adult female individual has stripes of yellow and dark blue, with red toward the rear of the abdomen. The web of females may reach several meters in length. In sunlight, the yellow threads appear to be a rich gold color. In autumn, the smaller males may be seen in the webs for copulating. After mating, the female spins an egg sack on a tree, laying 400 to 1,500 eggs in one sack. Her lifecycle ends by late autumn or early winter with the death of the spider. The next generation emerges in spring.
Although the spider is not aggressive, it will bite to protect itself. The bite is considered painful, but not life-threatening."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note.
Thank you to Flickr-er Stanze for identifying the lovely lady. (See the comments section below.)
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Close-up blossom: one in a riot of orange jewelweed wildflowers blooming on a woodland trail.
DeKalb County (North Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
21 August 2025.
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❀ Botanical note.
"Impatiens capensis — commonly known as jewelweed, orange jewelweed, and touch-me-not — is an annual plant in the Balsaminaceae family, native to North America, growing in moist soil including forests, streambanks, and bogs.
Jewelweed is a herbaceous plant that grows 3 to 5 feet tall (0.9–1.5 m), branching extensively. The leaves are ovate, with shallow, rounded teeth on the margins. The plant blooms from late spring to early fall. The flowers are orange (sometimes yellow), ¾ to 1¼ inches long (2 to 3 cm), with a three-lobed corolla [collection of all petals in a flower, sometimes in the form of a tube.]
The seed pods have five valves which coil back rapidly to eject the seeds in a process called explosive dehiscence, triggered by a light touch, hence the name 'touch-me-not.' Dew or rain beads on the leaves forming sparkling droplets that give rise to the common name of 'jewelweed.' "
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Geographic note.
Seen on the (appropriate!) orange-blazed Privet & Champion Tree Loop: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre suburban Piedmont forest located in three Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan-area county parks: Mason Mill Park, Melton Park, and Medlock Park.
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📷 Photographer's note:
On 23 August 2025, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (420th out of 500 chosen).
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▶ This image is licensed via Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You may copy and/or distribute it in any medium or format, but:
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River oats in dappled morning light.
Cecilia Creek along the East Decatur Greenway
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
27 July 2025.
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▶ "Chasmanthium latifolium — commonly known as river oats, inland sea oats, and wood oats — is a clump-forming, upright grass in the grass family (Poaceae), native to the central and eastern United States, growing in wooded areas and riparian zones.
River oats reach a height between 2 to 5 feet (⅔ - 1½ m) and a width of 1 to 2 feet (⅓ - ⅔ m). Their distinctive flat nodding seed heads resemble oats, emerging green in spring, turning tan in summer, and then purplish in fall. The bamboo-like leaves often turn yellow-gold in fall."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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📷 Photographer's note:
On 6 August 2025, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (132nd out of 500 chosen). There's another of my river oats images that's been featured in 'Explore,' but that was five years ago, in 2020.
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