Hummingbirds in the Heat

This morning, I captured a few photos of hummingbirds (and a lot of blurred images of them) with some friends.  We were trying to beat the heat by starting at 9:30.   We should have started earlier.  I was driving home at 11:55 and the temperature was already 99 degrees!  Now (a bit after 6:00pm), it is up to 107 outside.  The yard is definitely not getting mowed this weekend!

MLK Elementary Fire

A fire yesterday really smoked up the old MLK Elementary in Macon.   Here are a few shots that I grabbed with my cell phone.   Sorry for the low resolution on the interior shots, but it was pitch black and my cell phone's flash is pretty weak.

Old Cars

After hiking the rim trail at Providence Canyon State Park, lugging my camera, lenses, and tripod...I discovered that I had forgotten to get the camera battery out of the charger at home.   So, I whipped out my cellphone and used an effects app on it to grab a few shots...then a few regular photos from the cellphone's camera.

 These old cars were abandoned many years before the park was created.  Now, they are just oddities in the forest. 

Gibb's Gardens

Bonnie and I took off for Ball Ground, north of Atlanta, to see Gibb's Gardens.   It was terrific!   For the past 40 years, this was a private work of passion and art by Jim Gibbs.  He opened it up to the public this year.  We ran into him and chatted for 10 minutes or so.  He was so friendly!

There is a rose garden, the largest Japanese garden in the USA, and a large hydrangea and rhododendron garden open right now....along with the area around the Manor House, where he still lives!

In the spring of the year, there are over 10 acres of daffodils in bloom (they planted over 3 million of them, and every year, they multiply on their own!)

We will be back!

Tall Ships in Savannah