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Winter Woods and Pathways

I love leaving the house early in the morning and driving to the mountains to hike some trail that in my mind has never been hiked before. But there are not too many of those…

It Was The Day After Christmas

It was the day after Christmas and all through the house everyone was still celebrating . . . . Abigail opens a gift that was pure Georgia Tech while . . . while Grant was…

Good Christians Rejoice — Christ is born!

I really wanted to find a small church to photograph for Christmas and thought I needed to go into downtown Atlanta—maybe along Peachtree Street. I was wrong. This community church provided a lovely setting for…

Christmas Morning

Waiting for the gifts to be opened. Several under the tree belong to Cocoa Joy . . . and she also knows there is a good chance she can steal the ones that belong to…

Christmas Eve Happenings

Can’t wait for Christmas morning! Cocoa knows one of her gifts (a can of pink tennis balls) is being wrapped. Though I would discover later that discarded paper and used bows are a lot more…

A Christmas Visit with Famous Friends

Cocoa Joy spent the morning getting her hair done for Christmas and then in the evening she had her first round of visitors. This is another tradition—Miss Betty (left) and Miss Opal (right) dropped by…

Christmas Breakfast with Friends

We have started this tradition of getting together for breakfast the Saturday before Christmas, and Johanna made sure her Mom and Dad could join us. We had coffee and bagels and eggs and lots of…

Keeping the Gap in Mind

I have recently updated this photo. It was the first one I posted from England last May. But thanks to a good friend, who knows soooo much more than me about digital photography and Photoshop,…