December 2016 Photos

The 19 photos below were previously posted to Facebook.

Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show.

Night view of salt marsh at Levy Bay, illuminated by car headlights.

Sunset in the pines along Forest Road 13 in the 

Apalachicola National Forest.

A portion of the limb that was used to make Gandalf's staff? 

Along the nature trail in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Turkey oak leaf - Otter Lake, St. Marks National

Refuge

Boardwalk along the Florida Trail - Apalachicola National Forest

Pine, Cloud, Blue Sky

Trees along the nature trail in the Wakulla

Springs State Park

Reflections and Shadows - Gum Swamp, Leon Sinks Geological Area 1

Reflections and Shadows - Gum Swamp, Leon Sinks Geological Area 2

Underside of oyster mushroom

Henry glassbottom boat with holiday lights, Wakulla Springs State Park

Miraculous Sand at Mashes Sands

Mashes Sands Black and White

Micro People - Mashes Sands at low tide

Holiday Lights- Shadows on a White Fence

Water Abstract 1

Water Abstract 2

Self Portrait - Shadows on the bottom of a

pool

Sunset - St. Pete Beach

November 2015 Photos

Notes: The 17 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show.

REFLECTING ON PINE TREES
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

WACISSA RIVER SLAVE CANAL 1

WACISSA RIVER SLAVE CANAL 2

HICKORY MOUND IMPOUNDMENT

ECONFINA CREEK

CYPRESS TREE IN THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER 

Black and White

Porter Lake

CYPRESS TREES IN THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER 

Porter Lake

SUNRISE AT MASHES SANDS 1

SUNRISE AT MASHES SANDS 2

BROWN PELICANS
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

BROWN PELICAN Black and White
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

CORMORANTS
Post processed in Photoshop with pastel background
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

WALK'N THE LINE
Boat-tailed Grackle
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

RIPPLING
Snowy Egret vibrating bill to attract minnows
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

WHITE PELICANS 1
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

WHITE PELICANS 2
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

The fanciful shapes in this image were

sprites during a Thanksgiving celebration,

dancing on the surface of the water. Or they

were reflections of the sky under a boat dock.

Thanks Val and David for a wonderful

evening. 

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

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!