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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.
▶ Another image: here.
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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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▶ Photographer's note:
Flickr's editors chose this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore, on 29 April 2021.
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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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▶ 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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Sitting by a red door,
Nestled in the crook of a fallen tree,
He serenades passersby,
From his tiny-gnomial garden.
Decatur (Sycamore Ridge), Georgia, USA.
24 April 2022.
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Brewery expansion.
Halethorpe, Maryland, USA.
22 May 2013.
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▶ Photographer's note.
This is what happens when you notice a photo in your portfolio that you took several years earlier...and now think you can improve upon with post-processing. So: straightened, cropped, and rendered in monochrome. See the original: here.
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▶ Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1.
— Lens: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II L
— Focal length: 32 mm
— Aperture: ƒ/7.1
— Shutter speed: 1/160
— ISO: 200
— Monochrome rendering via Nik Collection.
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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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▶ Photo — and Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
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— Focal length: 40 mm
— Aperture: ƒ/8.0
— Shutter speed: ½ second (tripod)
— ISO: 200
— Macro extension tube: 16 mm.
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About to enjoy a cocktail on Repeal Day, in the alley, at...
Independent Distilling Company
Decatur (East Decatur Station), Georgia, USA.
5 December 2020.
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▶ On this date, 5 December, in 1933, Utah ratified the 21st Amendment (by becoming the last state necessary to reach a Constitutional majority), thus ending America's ignoble 18-year experiment with the Prohibition of alcohol.
— YFGF.
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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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"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
A combination of full 'Flower' Moon, supermoon, 'Blood' Moon, and total lunar eclipse, all wrapped into one astronomical WOW, as seen over...
Decatur, Georgia, USA.
16 May 2022 (12:43 am EDT)
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▶ "A total lunar eclipse happens when the Moon travels through the Earth's umbra and blocks all direct sunlight from illuminating the Moon's surface. However, some sunlight still reaches the lunar surface indirectly, via the Earth's atmosphere, bathing the Moon in a reddish, yellow, or orange glow [thus colloquially called a 'Blood Moon"].
As the Sun's rays pass through the atmosphere, some colors in the light spectrum—those towards the violet spectrum—are filtered out by a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. This is the same mechanism that causes colorful sunrises and sunsets. Red wavelengths are least affected by this effect, so the light reaching the Moon's surface has a reddish hue, causing the fully eclipsed Moon to take on a red color."
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▶ "May’s Flower Moon name should be no surprise; flowers spring forth across North America in abundance this month. The full Moon names used by The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from a number of places, including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. 'Flower Moon' has been attributed to Algonquin peoples. "
▶ "May’s full Moon is the first supermoon of the year. A supermoon is most commonly defined as any full Moon that occurs when the Moon is at at least 90% of perigee (the point in the Moon’s orbit where it is closest to Earth). In 2022, there will be four supermoons.
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▶ "Fire up a colortini...." This catchprase was television interviewer Tom Snyder's sign-on for his late night talk show, Tomorrow, that aired weeknights from 1973 through 1982.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ As the moon became redder and more eclipsed, I found it harder to pull sharp focus on the relatively dark celestial object. And, with a 3.2-second exposure, the stars had begun to blur.
☞ Compare this shot to an earlier image of the moon that night, only partially eclipsed and still un-'bloodied': here.
☞ On 27 July 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature.
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Wetlands of Burnt Fork Creek were dappled by afternoon winter sun.
DeKalb County (North Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
20 January 2025
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 21 January 2025, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (169th out of 500 selected).
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▶ Photo — and Pic(k) of the Week — by: YFGF.
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Sunlight-dappled pine trees in winter morning.
Hawthorne Nature Trail
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
12 January 2025
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Brewery beer patio 'mise en place': spectacles, beer, & phone.
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
16 August 2020.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Unposed; this was as I saw it. The owner of all three items had stepped away for a minute.
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▶ Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1
— Lens: Canon 50mm ƒ/1.4 FD
— Focal length: 50 mm
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Amidst a yellow riot of autumnal, native Porter's sunflowers, a wizened tree stands alone on the craggy summit of...
DeKalb County (Stonecrest ), Georgia, USA.
29 September 2023.
▶ More photos: here.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ On 12 October 2023, after I submitted this image (and this one) to North Georgia Mountains, the group's administrator summarily removed me from the group.
☞ At about the same time, the administrator for the Flickr group
*All around the world - Landschaften, Landscapes, Paysages* rejected this photo as NOT depicting a landscape.
WTF??? You can't make this 'stuff' up!
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Reeds on the banks of Postal Pond, in...
City of Decatur (Winnona Park,), Georgia, USA.
14 October 2020.
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Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
— Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Chico, California / Mills River, North Carolina.
▶ Released in mid-October 2020 for the winter season.
▶ Tasted, poured from a bottle, on 24 December 2020.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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▶ Me:
---> Bright citrusy and piney hops chased by a sweet biscuity middle. White peppery finish. Two months after bottling (16 October 2020), the hop aroma might be a bit diminished but not the hop presence nor the malt backbone. Indeed a holiday celebration.
▶ From the label:
---> Fresh hop IPA.
6.8% alcohol-by-volume.
" We first brewed Celebration IPA in the winter of 1981. Each year, we use only the first fresh hops of the growing season to create this complex and robust ale. Layered pine and citrus hop aromas balance delicately against rich malt sweetness to shape this bold, wintertime classic."
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Papilionoidea & calendula.
Pollinator & blossom.
Butterfly and marigold.
DeKalb County (Avondale Estates), Georgia, USA.
27 July 2020.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Several months ago, my Panny zoom lens took a 'bath' in a local creek. and water leaked into the housing. As the lens dried, the interior became water-spotted. Those water-spots don't make for tack sharp images but they do impart an ethereal, gauzy quality to the images the lens captures.
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Commemorating the 15,000 Georgians killed by COVID-19.
First Christian Church of Decatur
Decatur (Adair Park), Georgia, USA.
28 February 2021.
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▶ Photographer's notes
☞ The administrator of the Flickr group, Georgia USA —a group specifically for and about people and places in Georgia— deemed this photo inappropriate and rejected it.
☞ That being said, Flickr's editors, on 2 March 2021, selected it for inclusion in Flickr's Explore.
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▶ The White Flags of Georgia's COVID-19 Devastation
"This memorial installation illustrates the devastating human and economic cost of the pandemic —and the urgency for local and federal elected officials to act now to meet the real need in our state.
These white flags represent the more than 15,000 Georgians who have already lost their lives to COVID-19. Every person we have lost was loved and needed.
Please join us to honor those who have died. And take action to urge elected officials to take bold action today. No one should have to plant a single flag more."
— American Friends Service Committee.
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▶ The exhibit
"was inspired by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenburg and created by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action."
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▶ Placards displayed at memorial
☞ 15,000 Georgians have died from COVID-19 [as of February 2021].
☞ 60% of public school students in Georgia faced food insecurity before the pandemic.
☞ 3.9 million Georgians experienced loss of a job or reduced hours last year.
☞ Many Georgians face eviction and mortgage or rent failure due to pandemic-related economic deprivation.
☞ 1.7 million public school children [in Georgia] have had their futures disrupted.
☞ In Georgia prisons: 5,011 COVID-19 cases; 92 deaths (including incarcerated people and prison staff).
☞ No Georgian should die because they don't have access to health care.
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▶ UPDATES
☞ In the two weeks following the installation of the display (in mid-February 2021), the death toll in Georgia has risen from 15,000 to 17,376. Nationwide, 514,660 are dead; globally, more than 2.54 million.
☞ UPDATE (25 March 2022):
36,706 Georgians are believed to have perished from the disease.
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution
☞ UPDATE (9 February 2023):
Since its onset in early 2021, 40,653 Georgians have died of COVID-19, 1,119,717 nationwide.
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In mid-summer, bedewed porcelain berries, growing wild and invasive, ripen with the blue hue of robins' eggs.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 August 2021.
▶ Unripened, closeup: here.
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▶ "Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata —with common names porcelain berry, Amur peppervine, wild grape, and creeper— is a deciduous, woody, perennial vine climbing trees and shrubs via tendrils to a height of 15-20 feet (4-6 m). It is naturally found in northeast China, Korea, Siberia, and Japan, but was introduced in 1870 to the United States where it has become invasive along the East Coast.
Fruits are circular berries about 1/3 inch in diameter (8 mm), in many colors on the same plant, including green, blue, purple, pink, or yellow. The vines are found in disturbed areas such as roadsides, old fields, and floodplains where sunlight is abundant."
— Wikipedia.
▶ Photographer's note
I had thought these to be benign muscadine grapes. An astute viewer disabused me of my error. Still lovely, though.
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Ferst Fountain
ceramic: 1985, 1990
— Christine Sibley (1948-1999).
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
8 November 2020.
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▶ "A ceramic mural by Atlanta artist Christine Sibley adorns the Ferst Fountain. Water naiads are represented in bas relief peering out from behind the waterfall. This fountain, donated in honor of Helen Montag Ferst, was built of gunite in 1985. Local artist Christine Sibley obtained financing and added a ceramic facade. In 1990, she completed the edges and the tops of the walls. In 2012, the facade received much-needed repair."
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 15 November 2020, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
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"So gradual in those summers was the going
of the age it seemed that the long days setting out
when the stars faded over the mountains were not
leaving us ..."
— W.S. Merwin: The Speed of Light.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
20 July 2019
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▶ A tiny tri-tone, maybe 1 centimeter in diameter, nearly hidden in the underbrush. By the following day, it had withered.
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— Extension tube: 16 mm
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A macabre greeting at a crossroads between the neighborhoods of East Atlanta and Gresham Park.
City of Atlanta (Gresham Park), Georgia, USA.
18 July 2024.
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▶ Mural by Atlanta-based artist Emily Cadena.
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Trombonist for Wasted Potential brass band, performing during...
Decatur (Oakhurst ), Georgia, USA.
14 October 2023.
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▶ "Wasted Potential Brass Band is Atlanta's pop up party starter. Powered by tuba goodness, this brass band got their start playing on the streets of Decatur, Georgia. WPBB features a second line street beat, southern horn section, blues vocals and sousaphone as bass. Find them in Atlanta, Georgia, playing festivals and bars. They're what fun sounds like."
▶ Oakhurst Porchfest: "Georgia’s largest organic, free-range, crowd-sourced music festival." More photos: here.
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Pastel delights
Singing aubade
In vernal chorus, assembled.
"Honesty" wildflowers, blooming in mid-spring morning light.
Decatur (Midway Woods), Georgia, USA.
20 April 2024.
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▶ Lunaria annua —commonly known as annual honesty, dollar plant, honesty, lunaria, money plant, moneywort, moonwort, silver dollar— is a species of flowering plant in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to southern Europe but is cultivated throughout the temperate world.
The plant grows up to 3 feet tall (90 cm). In spring and summer, it bears terminal racemes [short stalk] of white or violet flowers.
The fruits, called siliques, appear in midsummer. They are paper-thin, flat, and silver dollar-sized, and become white-translucent with age, resembling a full moon or coin, hence some of the common names of the plant. Another common name, 'honesty,' relates to the translucence of the plant's silique membranes, which 'truthfully' reveal their contents. "
— Wikipedia.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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Like a latter-day ziggurat, the Promenade skyscraper rises 40-stories —691 feet— over...
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
26 May 2019.
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▶ Built in 1989, the Promenade is is the 7th-tallest building in Georgia. It is clad in reflective glass, with a stepped, tapering spire and stainless steel fins lit at night.
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A limelight hydrangea blossoms in a garden, in...
Decatur (Sycamore Ridge), Georgia, USA.
29 May 2022.
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▶ "Hydrangea paniculata — the panicled hydrangea or limelight hydrangea— is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to China, Korea, Japan, and Russia.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad, growing in sparse forests or thickets in valleys or on mountain slopes. In late summer it bears large conical panicles of creamy white fertile flowers, together with pinkish white sterile florets. Florets may open pale green, grading to white with age, thus creating a pleasing 'two-tone' effect."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's note
Morning sun created the flash-without-a-flash effect (with a small assist from post-production).
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A wreath, a bow, and a streetlamp 'cheer-ify' street scaffolding.
Decatur (downtown), Georgia, USA.
16 December 2023.
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Celandine poppies, blooming in an early spring woodland.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
Every spring, I look forward to the blooming of celandine poppies. This year, however, I feel a deeper connection to them since they were among my late brother's favorite native wildflowers.
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▶ Botanical notes:
☞ "Stylophorum diphyllum —commonly called the celandine poppy or wood poppy— is an herbaceous plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to the eastern United States and Ontario in Canada. Its typical natural habitat is moist forests over calcareous rock, particularly in ravines.
☞ In spring, the deep yellow flowers of the celandine poppy appear as a brilliant display on the forest floor. The flowers have 4 yellow petals, two soon falling sepals, many yellow orange stamens, and a single knobby stigma. They appear singly or in umbels of two to four flowers from early spring to early summer. The flowers issue from between a pair of leaves at the top of the flowering stems. They produce pollen but no nectar.
☞ After fertilization, a bristly blue-green pod hangs below the leaves. Seeds with white elaiosomes [fleshy structures attached to seeds that attract ants] ripen in midsummer and the pod opens by four flaps."
— Wikipedia.
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Evergreen mountain laurel trees ring small Laurel Creek as it cascades into the (slightly) larger Stephenson Creek.
Klondike Park in the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
27 February 2024.
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▶ Seen alongside (that is, clambered down from!) the Flat Rock spur of the Arabia Mountain PATH.
▶ Klondike Park is part of a system of parks and greenspace in the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve.
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Jaundiced monster of (de)construction,
Backhoe, at rest, atop its berm.
Servant of gentrification, not at rest.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
27 November 2020.
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▶ Photographer's note:
Selected for inclusion in Flickr's Explore, on 1 December 2020.
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Trees, deciduous and evergreen, stand on a northern bank of Venable Lake, 825 feet (251 m) beneath the granitic summit of...
DeKalb County (Stone Mountain Park), Georgia, USA.
14 November 2023.
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📷 Photographer's note.
I took this image from the Cherokee Trail, a five-mile walking trail (8 km) that circumnavigates the base of the mountain.
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❖ Geological notes:
☞ Although it rises only 825 feet above the surrounding area (251 meters), Stone Mountain stands a total of 1,686 feet above sea level (514 meters).
☞ Stone Mountain is a monadnock: "an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain, typically by surviving erosion. The word 'monadnock' is a Native American term."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Radio/television tower:
The transmission tower of WGTV can be seen at the summit. "WGTV is a PBS (Public Broadcasting System) member television station licensed to Athens, Georgia, United States, a legacy of the station's early years as a service of the University of Georgia. Owned by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (technically under the Georgia Board of Regents, along with the University System of Georgia), it is the flagship station of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) television network, serving the Atlanta metropolitan area from a transmitter atop Stone Mountain just east of Atlanta."
— Wikipedia.
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👎 Rejection.
On 14 December 2023, an administrator for the Flickr group "Flickr Pearls ... No Insects ..... No Flowers " rejected this photo for...well, here's why, in their own words, grammar, and spelling:
"we were missing a clear subject.
If there is none and it s more atmospheric , the light needs to be better and clearer to transport a atmosphere or what ever, you wantedd t show. as well ts probably underexposed, as well the Trees in teh foreground have the same hue as the background, so all in all does not give the viewer too much Orientattion , and reason to look at it, plus slightly technical rpoblems.
It could easily be, that the sitaution could provide a much better pic in an oter daytome or tome of the year. "
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A field of industrial parts.
As seen from the Stone Mountain Trail, in...
DeKalb County (Scottdale), Georgia, USA.
24 August 2024.
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▶ Photo and blog story by: YFGF.
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When you really, really need some music! Moving a piano through a courtyard outside the...
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
1 September 2017.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ On 24 July 2024, Flickr's editors selected this image (#351 out of 500 chosen) for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature.
☞ On the other hand, in 2017, I was banned from the Flickr group Porfolio Black and White after (for?) submitting this image.
☞ See the original image, in color: here.
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Jazz was her zen.
Or was it frozen lemonade?
Something cool for a hot afternoon.
Mindfully enjoying the Joe Gransden Big Band, during the...
Atlanta (Inman Park), Georgia, USA.
28 April 2019.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ On 24 August 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
☞ See more pix from the fest: here.
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A corrugated metal wall separates Wylie Avenue from the Hulsey Rail Yard, alongside the...
Atlanta (Reynoldstown), Georgia, USA.
27 February 2018.
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▶ The BeltLine is a former railway corridor around the core of Atlanta, now under development as a multi-use trail to circumnavigate the city.
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Wetlands of Cecilia Creek (aka East Fork Middle Branch Shoal Creek), in...
Seminary Wood
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
14 March 2021.
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In the morning light: a curved pine tree on the bank of...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 November 2019.
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A spider and her meals, at dusk.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 October 2021.
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▶ Photographer's notes:
☞ She may have been a few days premature for a Halloween visit, but who's checking?
☞ Note the oblate spheroid (i.e., football-shaped) bokeh balls!
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Proto-aureate,
Proud wildflower,
Half-fledged.
Trailhead Community Park, of the ...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 June 2021.
▶ Can a fellow Flickr-er help to identify this flower?
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Native lanceleaf coreopsis wildflower, May-blooming in...
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 May 2024.
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▶ "Coreopsis lanceolata —commonly known as lanceleaf coreopsis and lanceleaf tickseed— is a species of tickseed in the aster family (Asteraceae). It is native to the eastern and central parts of the United States, growing in open woodlands, prairies, plains, glades, meadows, and savannas.
Coreopsis lanceolata is a perennial plant sometimes attaining a height of over 2 feet (60 cm). April through June, it produces yellow flower heads singly at the top of a naked flowering stalk, each head containing both ray florets and disc florets. Each flower measures 2 to 3 inches across (5–8 cm).
The genus name 'Coreopsis' means 'bug-like'; it —as well as the common name, 'tickseed'— comes from the fact that the seeds are small and resemble ticks. The specific epithet 'lanceolata' refers to the shape of the leaves: narrow and lance-shaped."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "Sepals are the green leaf-like structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms."
— American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 10 May 2024, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's daily Explore feature (no. 98 out of 500 chosen).
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A winter storm blows away in late afternoon.
DeKalb County (Avondale Estates), Georgia, USA.
9 January 2024.
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Moving day!
Decatur (Agnes Scott Historical District), Georgia., USA.
1 October 2022.
▶ Independent Distilling Company —an eight-year-old artisinal distiller of bourbon, rum, and corn whiskey— was moving into its new digs, a former car repair shop, located a couple of city-blocks west of its original small warehouse site.
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Poetry
metal, 2002
— Teena Marie Stern
Atlanta (Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
10 December 2020.
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▶ "The gardens of our lives
Were our Family and the Arts.
We live on -
While our precious legacies
Continue to bloom and flourish."
— Inscription on the open pages of the sculpted book.
▶ "Dedicated on June 12, 2002, in loving memory of [sisters] Isabelle Woolford Kennedy and Charlotte Woolford Crawley."
— plaque beneath the sculpture
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Spring snowflake wildflower (Leucojum vernum), blooming in late winter, in...
DeKalb County (North Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
19 February 2020.
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Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
5 August 2018 (6:50 am)
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Two draught beers, in the taproom, at...
St. Augustine (Anastasia), Florida, USA.
1 July 2021.
▶ More images from the brewery: here.
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▶ Oh-8-Oh (left)
Pale Ale
5.7% ABV (alcohol-by-volume)
"Mildly bitter and balanced between malt and hop flavors, this pale ale features Sultana and Sabro Cryo hops."
▶ Empirical (right)
American IPA
6.6 % ABV
"Old skool American IPA with a solid malt backbone and a heavy hop of Amarillo, Simcoe, and Centennial hops."
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▶ Geeky:
Hops —the female (and non-seed bearing) flowers of herb bines— are used by brewsters in beer:
☞ for their herbal/spicy/fruity flavors and aromas
☞ to add drying bitterness as a counterbalance to malt sweetness
☞ to a lesser extent as beer-foam enhancers, beer shelf-life stabilizers, and anti-microbial agents.
There are many varieties of hops grown (such as Amarillo and Sultana, above) propagated for their flavor, aroma, bittering potential, farming yield, and resistance to agricultural disease.
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Morning sunlight dapples that which remains.
In the woodland at Hawthorne Nature Trail
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
17 November 2024.
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▶ On 22 November 2024, the administrator for the Flickr group "Forest Whispers" rejected this photo for not depicting the "quiet and serenity of the forest." They couldn't see the forest for the trees.
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— No flash!
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Patterns of ice
Tinted blue in shadow
Frozen evenescence.
Yes, Georgia! There is a winter season in the Deep South.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
17 February 2021.
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Night fog; city lights.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
8 February 2020.
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Like nature's Sputnik,
A buttonbush blooms
Spike'd white,
Standing on marshy ground.
DeKalb County (Gresham Park), Georgia, USA.
12 July 2024.
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▶ "Cephalanthus occidentalis —commonly known as buttonbush, common buttonbush, button-willow, buck brush, and honey-bells— is a species of flowering plant in the bedstraw family (Rubiaceae). Native to eastern and southern North America, it is a common shrub of many wetland habitats, including swamps, floodplains, mangroves, and moist forest understory.
☞ Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 3 to 10 feet in height (1 to 3 m). Its [white 'Sputnik'] flowers bloom in late spring and summer, arranged in a dense spherical inflorescence [cluster of flowers], ¾ to 1⅓ inches in diameter (2 to 3.5 cm) on a short peduncle [stalk supporting the inflorescence].
☞ Waterfowl and other birds eat the seeds. Wood ducks utilize the plant as nest protection, and mallards eat the fruit. Deer browse the foliage, which is otherwise poisonous to livestock. Insects and hummingbirds take the nectar."
— Wikipedia.
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