What Island is this Where Clouds Touch the Earth?

The Clouds look like they were going to swallow the islands and devour the earth.  Stephen King should be so lucky to see such a sight!

Harrington Lake - A Gathering of Storm Clouds

A church picnie at Harrington Lake looked like a storm would wash away everything in sight but not a drop of rain touched the other side of the lake.  We were on God's Side.  God is good!

Flat Rock - What was Once a thriving Unspoiled Nature Park

Flat Rock Park in Columbus Georgia was once a thriving community park located outside the main commercial area of the city.  It was a pleasant drive in the country to take your family on a picnic and enjoy the beautiful rocks and water fall.  The fall has dried up and the rocks look so bare without the flowing stream of water.  Neighborhoods have built around the park and it does not have the same unspoiled beauty of nature . They have cut paths for mountain bike trails for those city dwellers who love biking. 

Mountain Veiw from F.D. Roosevelt State Park

Georgia is cutting its funding to many state parks and Roosevelt may be closed in the near future. Several of the access points have already been closed. It is really sad that we cannot preserve our state parks. 

Pine Mountain Valley After the Tornado

You can't see the damage  to the valley's landscape from the Overview point at Pine Mountain.  Trees were pulled out of the ground by the roots and were scatted throughout the valley. A lot of destruction but it did not spoiled the beauty of the forest skyline.

Fly, Fly Butterfly, Fly in the Sky so high

I always enjoy a visit to the Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens.  There were several bus loads of elementary children at the center so it made it an extradordinary experience watching the children trying to chase and attract the butterflies without touching.

Teenage Memories of Robin Lake

In the 1970's, there were not too many places in Columbus Georgia to go swimming so it was a real treat to take a trip to Robin Lake at Callaway Gardens for a picnic and all day of swimming.  It was always packed with fun loving teens and I have many good memories of the beach at Robin Lake.

Entrance to Mrs. Callaway's Vegetable Garden

Mockingbird Lake - Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna buy you a Mockingbird!

The Azalea Trail and Overlook at Callaway Gardens

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By the time I visited the park, the majority of the Azaleas had already bloom but the trail provided a shady and tranquil walk.

Morning Walk Moultrie Creek at Vail Point Park

Nature's Impressionalism - Monet In the Wild

You don't have to be be a french impressionist painter like Claude Monet to have beautiful paintings.  A good camera and mother nature is all you need.

"He Who Flies by Night beneath the Moon Light" Grey Owl

Through my window pane in the moon light, I see your silhouette and hear your "hoots" echoing among the tree tops.

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks

"THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms."  Evangeline by Longfellow

Okefenokee "The Land of the Trembling Earth"

Fort Myers - Blowing In the Wind

"The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind." Bob Dylan

Come to My Window and Gaze Upon the LIght

This moment I feel thy gaze upon my heart like soft candle light.

Legend of the Southern Dogwood - A Tree Both Cursed and Blessed

The legend holds that the tree was once very large and because its wood was strong and sturdy, it provided building material for a variety of purposes. According to the story, it was the dogwood tree that provided the wood used to build the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
Because of its role in the crucifixion, it is said that God both cursed and blessed the tree. It was cursed to forever be small, so that it would never grow large enough again for its wood to be used as a cross for a crucifixion. At the same time, however, the tree was blessed so that it would produce beautiful flowers each spring, just in time for Easter.

Backwaters of West Point Lake

 A sunset is the diamond in the sky; a jewel that graces a lake and gives it a finishing touch for the end of the day.  Photos taken on the backwaters of West Point Lake near Franklin Georgia.

Spring in the Wildwoods

 

Nature has a way of reinventing itself at spring time in the purity of the wildwoods.