Winter White

Posted by AR on February 23rd, 2010 filed in Fall and Winter in the Mountains
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This past weekend the weather was glorious—no rain, no snow. A friend who came for a visit suggested that I take this photo and name it “Winter White.” There are so many buildings like this one in the mountains. It is hard to resist to photograph each one. The smoke that is to the left of this old barn is from the controlled burn in the national forest that I mentioned in an earlier post.


Horsing Around!

Posted by AR on February 22nd, 2010 filed in Paw Prints
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This week’s favorite thing to dislike: horses! I promise to take a video of this sort of thing because, especially when Chipley is concerned, it is pretty wild! He doesn’t like big animals while Cocoa thinks they are so coooooool. That’s the result of her Dog School 101 training.


It’s Been Years

Posted by AR on February 21st, 2010 filed in Fall and Winter in the Mountains, Hiking Through Northeast Georgia
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Finally, we made it out to Camp Mikell, which is the conference center for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. I’ve been wanting to take the dogs there for the past six months or longer but just have not had time. That’s sad, especially since it’s located only about five miles away. The weather was perfect for a long walk. We even had an opportunity to get up close and personal with a few horses, too. Last week, we were in snow at Neel’s Gap; but today, we went hiking without jackets and drove home with the windows open.


Controlled Burn

Posted by AR on February 20th, 2010 filed in Fall and Winter in the Mountains
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This Saturday while driving to Cornelia we spotted this control burn being conducted by the Forest Service in the national forest that surrounds Toccoa. I have never been this close to a forest fire (controlled or otherwise) so I decided to take a couple of photos. The one below was taken a few yards off the highway on the fringe edges of the “burn.” Just the undergrowth was being burned away because in dry months this is what can really fuel forest fires.


Not Yet Spring

Posted by AR on February 19th, 2010 filed in Fall and Winter in the Mountains
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Even in winter the mountains retain their beauty. And on sunny, warm days like this one, you hardly realize that spring is another two months away. No leaves on the trees but if you look close enough, you will see that there are plenty of buds.



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