The Road to Chatsworth
Gradually disappearing from today's Southern roadsides, these barn roof advertisements for the roadside attraction on Lookout Mountain outside Chattanooga were once common.
Smokey Mountain Moon
A daylight full moon as viewed from the top of Brasstown Bald, the tallest mountain in Georgia.
Smoky Mountain Sunset
The view west from atop Brasstown Bald, Georgia's tallest mountain.
Popcorn Ridge
A view north into the Popcorn Ridge mountains of Blue Ridge in North Georgia.
The Road Home
An evening view south and west on the road outside the town of Blue Ridge.
Blue Ridge Sunset
Cars heading north outside of Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Mile Marker 6
The end of a summer day on Lake Nottely in North Georgia.
Shadow of the Bear
A phenomena that occurs for a couple of weeks when the Earth's orbit causes the Sun to cast a shadow that grows into the shape of a bear in the mountains outside Cashiers, North Carolina.
Covered Bridge
Early morning kayak view of Young Cain Creek where it feeds into Lake Nottely in the mountains of North Georgia.
Receding Water
A stranded dock on the receding waters of the TVA's Lake Nottely in Northwest Georgia, where lake levels are drawn down each fall.
Morning Heron
A lifting morning fog on a favorite spot for a Great Blue Heron on a North Georgia Lake. A close look on a big screen will show a second heron on the roof of the dock in the distance.
Great Blue Shadow
High in the trees next to Lake Nottely, Mile Marker 10, a sitting Great Blue Heron contrasts with the blue sky above.
30 Feet High
A morning or two earlier, both fledgling herons sit in their nest atop a tree awaiting a meal. Images from a Great Blue Heron Colony, North Georgia. (1 of 3)
From Jurassic Cove
Second Landing Attempt
The same two nest-bound fledglings receive a less than graceful visit from their parents. A lack of landing space caused one parent to fly by and the other to land on a tree top nearby. Images from a Great Blue Heron Colony in North Georgia. (5 of 8)
From Jurassic Cove
Lift Off
Using her great wings to lift herself vertically off the nest, this young heron takes off above a canopy of pine trees. Of all the 30 or so nests on this one lake-bound island, hers stands the most exposed at the top of a dead tree. Images from a Great Blue Heron Colony, North Georgia. (2 of 6)
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Getting Around
An early morning exploration by a young Great Blue Heron in the waters beneath its rookery. Captured up close with a 100 mm lens from a kayak. From the water below a Great Blue Heron Colony in North Georgia. (2 of 11)
From Jurassic Cove
What Do I See?
From the water below a Great Blue Heron Colony in North Georgia. (9 of 11)
From Jurassic Cove
What's That?
Another take on an early morning exploration by a young Great Blue Heron in the waters beneath its rookery in North Georgia. From the water below a Great Blue Heron Colony in North Georgia. (3 of 11)
From Jurassic Cove
Airing Out
Cormorant airing out his wings before taking off from a floating log. From below a the Great Blue Heron Colony in North Georgia. (2 of 8)
From Jurassic Cove
Pileated Woodpecker
Over the years, I missed many opportunities to photograph the Pileated Woodpecker. Once, I watched with the wrong camera equipment from a kayak as a mother and three fledglings pranced around 20 feet up the side of a large pine tree. Then a pair began to appear from time to time around a cabin we use in North Georgia.Here is one foraging for black ants in the remains of a tree that had fallen nearby. From along a cove in North Georgia. (1 of 3)
From Jurassic Cove
The Phoebe
Her nest was nearby snuggled along a ledge beneath a porch floor. She often catches her prey in mid-flight, as she did here. Earlier in the day, we watched as she snatched a spider's prey out of a web and then, for good measure, snatched the spider as well. From alongside a cove in North Georgia.
From Jurassic Cove
Mother of Twins
On a relatively steep slope just beneath our porch in Sandy Springs, Georgia, this doe is birthing twins. The next morning, the three of them feasted on lilies in the front yard.
Colonel Poole's
A hillside of personalized pigs behind Colonel Poole's Barbeque in Ellijay, Georgia, a hard-to-miss roadside spot in North Georgia.
Sweet Boil
Boiling sweet sorghum at the fall Sorghum Festival outside Blairsville, Georgia.
Cooking
Boiling sorguhm at the Sorghum Festival outside Blairsville, Georgia.
Fourth of July
A wet Fourth of July parade on Lake Nottely in North Georgia.
Rainbow Catch and Release
Just before release back into one of North Georgia's trout laden streams.
Clay's Corner
The longtime site of Brasstown, North Carolina's once famous New Year Eve's Possum Drop, Clay's Corner gas station and general store proudly displays the possum used in it's annual drop. (1 of 4)
Red Light
A second view of the longtime site of Brasstown, North Carolina's once famous New Year Eve's Possum Drop, Clay's Corner gas station and general store proudly displays the possum used in it's annual drop. (2 of 4)
The Place
One last view of the longtime site of Brasstown, North Carolina's once famous New Year Eve's Possum Drop, Clay's Corner gas station and general store proudly displays the possum used in it's annual drop. (3 of 4)
Possom Tango
Possums were everywhere at the now-closed Clay's Corner in Brasstown, NC. (4 of 4)
Sidelined
Reminders of past automotive glory and the consuming power of nature at the Old Car City outside Cartersville, Georgia.
From Auto Afterlife
Automotive Flight
Reminders of past automotive glory and the consuming power of nature at the Old Car City outside Cartersville, Georgia.
From Auto Afterlife
Ford Truck
Reminders of past automotive glory and the consuming power of nature at the Old Car City outside Cartersville, Georgia.
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Grumpy Olds Car Face
Reminders of past automotive glory and the consuming power of nature and time at the Old Car City outside Cartersville, Georgia.
From Auto Afterlife
Your Father's Oldsmobile
Reminders of past automotive glory and the consuming power of nature and time at the Old Car City outside Cartersville, Georgia.
From Auto Afterlife
Cherokee Sunset
Preserved school house from the Cherokee Nation's New Echota capital in North Georgia.
Chief Vann's Home
Situated and preserved on what was once Cherokee country in Northwest Georgia, this home (and adjacent servants' quarters) once served as a commercial center in the Cherokee nation. It had dozens of buildings, including a tavern, and sat on 800 acres that were farmed by enslaved people 'owned' by Chief Vann. Ideally situated next to the federal road, both Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, and U. S. President Monroe spent the night in this home as a guest of Chief Vann. This home and property were seized by white settlers in 1835 when Chief Vann and other Cherokee residents were forcefully marched and resettled to Oklahoma.
Cherokee Chief's Home
A reminder of just how completely some of the Cherokee people had assimilated into the ways of the southern colonizers by the 1830. Their Chief Vann, who was half Cherokee and half Scot, accumulated this grand estate and ran a farm and several businesses using enslaved black people in much the same way Southern planters did.
Confederate Rest
A resting place for mostly Confederate soldiers at the foot of Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Georgia. Note the headstone consumed by a tree over the last 150 years.
Intersection
A sign post along Long Creek Trail in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Long Creek Falls
Water fall in Northeast Georgia.
Pounding Mill Overlook
A view of the night sky from near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The small towns in the distance light up the horizon to highlight the trees in the foreground.
Funnel Top Overlook
A second view of the night sky from near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The small towns in the distance light up the horizon make it more difficult to see the Milky Way.
Pisgah Subaru
A third view of the night sky from near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The small towns in the distance light up the horizon to highlight the trees in the foreground. Their light pollution also makes it harder to see the Milky Way.
Pisgah Inn
A classic mountain view from the Pisgah Inn near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Lake Susan
Mountain reflections in Lake Susan at a Presbyterian retreat in Montreat, North Carolina