Wednesday, November 11, 2015

October 2015 Photos

Notes: The 4 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show. Photos from our October vacation to Brevard, North Carolina were posted to this blog last week. Thanks


BIRD WATCHER
Mashes Island

TRICOLORED HERON
Bottoms Road, Panacea, FL

OSPREY NEST IN THE CLOUDS
Otter Lake 
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

REFUGE ROAD IN THE PINES
Off of Purify Bay Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Saturday, November 7, 2015

North Carolina Vacation, October 2015

Notes: The 18 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show. Thanks


This was the first trail that we hiked, the
Buckhorn Gap Trail. It paralleled, then
crossed Avery Creek.

Fly fishermen along the Davidson River.

Brook Trout in the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

John Rock Creek

Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Cove adjacent to Devil's Courthouse 

A wider view of the same cove.

Late afternoon view from the Devil's Courthouse overlook.

This was our first vacation to enjoy the spectacle of the fall
color in the Blue Ridge.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" 
by Albert Camus

We hiked the short but steep trail to the top of Devil's
Courthouse. This is the view from the summit.

“I love photographing. It’s that simple.”
– Stuart Franklin



Looking Glass Falls is, for good reason, one
of  the most photographed waterfalls in the
region. It is adjacent to US 76 highway, only
9 miles north of Brevard, NC.

Closeup of rapidly flowing water at Bull Sluice on the
Chattooga River, located 8 miles east of Clayton, Georgia

We were fortunate to see several kayakers run the Bull Sluice
rapids.

Denton Branch Falls, located east of
Clayton, Georgia.

Denton Branch ... what a sweet mountain stream!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

August and September 2015 Photos

Notes: The 32 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show. Thanks


BLACK AND WHITE WATER ABSTRACT

STORM OVER OCHLOCKONEE BAY

CARDINAL FLOWERS
Wakulla Springs State Park

PRETTY LADY
Female Anhinga at Wakulla Springs State Park


EEL GRASS
Wakulla Springs State Park

VIRGINIA CREEPER
Wakulla Springs State Park

SUNRISE 'SURF'
St. George Island

MY SKY

MORNING GLORY
St. George Island State Park

PINE LILY 1
East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

PINE LILY 2
East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

SOLAR POWER

EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL - BLAZING STAR
East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

I WISH THERE WERE MORE MOSQUITO HAWKS
Lake Ellen near Medart, FL

LAKE ELLEN

TWO
Lake Ellen

THREE
Lake Ellen

SMALL WORLD
Tiny marine crab at Mashes Sands

REFLECTING TREES
Promise Sink south of C. J. Spears Road

TREE SWING
Lower River Sink, north of Crawfordville, FL

UNEXPECTED CAPTURE
Two blue curl mint flowers. One annoying mosquito.
Purely by chance during the 1/800 second that the shutter was
open, a mosquito flew into the field of view.

SAW PALMETTO
Along Carraway Cutoff, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge



GREEN TREE FROG
Along Bottoms Road, Panacea, FL

TRICOLORED HERON 1
Salt marsh along Bottoms Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

TRICOLORED HERON 2

GULF FRITILLARY, SPANISH NEEDLE
Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest

VICEROY
Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest

BUCKEYE
Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest

HUMMINGBIRD MOTH
Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest