I made a trip to Gibbs Gardens hoping the wildflower meadow had not faded too far. It had not. I also made my usual visit to the Japanese Garden and the waterlily ponds.
And a few days later I had a nice sunrise at Lake Lanier. The lake is down a bit, so I have more foreground to use.
And one last sunrise for the month. Not a lot of color, but it was fun to watch the geese fly and the play of light on the clouds.
I hiked up the hill at Sawnee Mountain Preserve early one morning after rain overnight. The timing was right to get the sun through the trees before the mist burned off.
A few blooms in the yard and a variety of sunrise shots.
A mishmash of shots of Lake Lanier sunrises and flowers in the yard.
I visited a neighbor’s yard one morning to see what was blooming.
We spent a couple days hiking the trails in and around Black Rock Mountain State Park in northeast Georgia. On my way to join the group, I stopped off at Sosebee Cove to see what I might find blooming. The blooms were good, both there and on the mountain. I hiked the Tennessee Rock Trail on the first day. On the second day, a few of us hiked around Black Rock Lake and partway up the mountain on the Edmunds backcountry trail. We went up the mountain in search of a waterfall, which we found without any trouble.
A number of differetn outings here. First is some wild azalea blooms found in Settle Bridge Park as I was scouting for a Senior Services hike later this month. That is followed by images from a short walk in the front of the subdivision looking for bluets which I did not find. But I did find a little butterfly (or moth maybe ?) and some other nice images. Next are some shots of blooms in my yard. Next is the marvelous Easter Sunday sunrise over Lake Lanier. And still more from my backyard. Then there is another sunrise later in the month with interesting clouds. An lastly some image from the yard of a gardener in the neighborhood.
A morning at the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail outside LaFayette, GA. I drove through a very strong thunderstorm to get there, but it paid off. We were too late for the bluebells, and not a lot else was blooming. Quite a few white trillium, a few red trillium, forest phlox and some daisies. But the star of the show was the moss all over the place, particularly in the creek. As the sun got higher, the light got harsher, and so we finally left.
We have not had many nice sunrises this year. Here is one more from late March
A group of us from various photography clubs in north Georgia spent a crisp late winter morning at Panther Falls and Minnehaha Falls north of Lake Rabun. We were at Panther Falls for a while before the sun got up over the trees and made the light to harsh. So we had time to move around and choose our compositions. By the time we made it to Minnehaha Falls, the sun was directly above the falls, shining brightly straight into our lenses. So there we had to settle for various compositions of small parts of the falls. It was a challenge. Then I went home.