Where’s Sandy?
Cocoa Joy is camera tired until she here's the name of her famous trainer at Dog School 101.
Morning at The Falls
This morning was clear, cold, and beautiful at Toccoa Falls. Look at the sunlight hitting the water at the top!
Sunset in The Mountains
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. —C.S. Lewis
Winter White
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 [...]
Horsing Around!
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
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 [...]
Controlled Burn
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 [...]
Not Yet Spring
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.