We traveled to the Twin Cities to attend Gabby’s high school graduation, to visit family, and to see what sort of stuff was blooming at the time. The first album is from the graduation. The second is from two venues: Lake Normandale and the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden at Theodore Wirth Park.
A few more things: Some flowers found on a hike by myself one morning, another sunrise, and a couple pictures when I could not find any birds to shoot.
A couple of things here.
First is pictures of flowers. Some are the flowers in my yard, and the rest are at the native plant garden at one of the local greenway trailheads.
And Clara rode in another equestrian event, this time on Papoose, a horse she’s only been riding a little while.
And, as always, a few sunrise pictures from my favorite spot on Lake Lanier.
A couple of good sunrises on May 2 and May 3.
Two outings: first I hiked the trails at Cochran Shoals along the Chattahooochee River. Second, I competed in the annual North Georgia Camera Club Council shootout, held this year in Dallas, GA.
All the stuff blooming at once in the yard: irises, roses, daisies, azalea and a few ferns I did not capture. Hostas and hydrangea still to come.
A neighbor who is a master gardener invited me to photograph her yard, So I did. I did not have time to get to all the plantings, That will be for another day.
A few from a nice sunrise and visit to the native plant garden
The crew spent a couple of days at Cloudland Canyon State Park during the week after Easter. On my way there, I stopped for a second look at the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail northwest of Lafayette, GA and not too far from Cloudland Canyon. I had a different set of blooms this time, and being alone, I took my time to get better images.
The canyon was excellent. We had nice weather, the trails were well-kept, and the blooms were profuse. We drove to the open end of the canyon and hiked up toward the Hemlock Falls and Cherokee Falls. There was a point where the water off the side of the canyon was more than folks wanted to cross, and so we turned back. Still, it was a fun morning out, and I saw many blooms I don’t normally see in my area.
The first half of the pictures are from the wildflower trail, while the second half are from Cloudland Canyon.
I got up early on Easter morning hoping for a nice sunrise to enjoy. What I got was a fog bank. But ya take what ya get, so I went anyway. Later that day, after the fog dissipated, I went out in the yard to shoot the flowers in bloom, irises and azaleas. Along the way was a very pretty weed in bloom, so I captured that also.