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St. Simons, Georgia U.S.A.
Back from a bit of holiday with the family at St. Simons Island, Georgia U.S.A. (Image was made with a Leica M9 and a Noctilux-M 50mm lens @ f/1) (Thank’s to www.brenthale.com for the Art Design on my Blog And Website)
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The Lord of the Rings on the Big Screen
Went last night to see a special showing of the “Fellowship of the Ring” ….the extended version . It was fun to see it on the big screen again! This was a special promotion for the soon release of the movie on Blu-ray Disc. The experience put me in remembrance of our visits to beautiful…
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Picking Blueberries at The Blueberry Place at Carrizo Creek, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Today is the Blueberry Festival in downtown Nacogdoches. Blueberries will be celebrated in all manner of ways. Especially attractive to the citizens of Nacogdoches are the blueberry pancakes, cooked and provided by the Nacogdoches Kiwanis Club. This starts at 8 AM and you’ll want to get there early. There will be shuttle buses to take…
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields John McCrae, 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were…
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Cape Jasmine
Below is the list of plants I asked Aubrey King up at Kings Nursery in Tenaha to find for me for the landscaping of my new home several years ago. The plants were for the mere bones of my garden. I would, of course, add more later, but these were the ones with which I…
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In a Louisiana Pointe Coupee Parish Garden
With the aid of a boy scout this Southern Belle toured visitors through a Louisiana Pointe Coupee Parish Garden. A beautiful bit of Americana!
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The Capitol of a “Capitol” City!
What began as the dream of one man – Huey P. Long – became a symbol of the pride, the history and the spirit of Louisiana’s people. To construct a State Capitol Building during the 1930s, the time of the Great Depression, was an idea only a very powerful politician could have made a reality.
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More the Cherokee Rose, Sam Houston, and Old Nacogdoches
Several weeks ago I came down with a very minor illness, non life threatening but the kind of thing that kept me indoors. And because I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t like to waste time, I decided to read books. Some I had never read before and others were books I wanted to read…
