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Last Fall, we visited Victoria Bryant State Park. The park is centered around Rice Creek, which eventually flows into the…
Last Fall, we visited Victoria Bryant State Park. The park is centered around Rice Creek, which eventually flows into the…
This photo is from Loring Heights Park, nestled in the neighborhood of Loring Heights. It’s another one of Atlanta’s quiet,…
This photo is of the South River as it leaves the City of Atlanta on its way through Panola Mountain…
This is a photo of Cooper Creek in the Chattahoochee National Forest flowing by the Cooper Creek Campground. I took…
These photos are all from my pre-COVID-19 planespotting expeditions at the world’s busiest airport. You do have to be pretty…
This is a photo of a pasture in Athens, GA taken from the back porch of our home there. The…
This photo is of Sweetwater Creek which flows through one of the best State Parks in Georgia before joining the…
This photo is of the former Turner Field looking from Downtown. Even though Atlanta doesn’t play baseball there anymore, I’m…
These are all of my photos of Atlanta’s skyline. Atlanta’s skyline stretches on a North to South spine along Peachtree…
These are photos along Peter St in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood in Atlanta. Castleberry Hill is a really interesting neighborhood….
This is an old photo of the Georgia Dome right before it was demolished to make room for Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
This photo is from a rainy Fourth of July in 2015. The rain cancelled a lot of events and get…
This photo is from Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward Park. It’s now been nearly 10 years since it was built from…
Piedmont Park is Atlanta’s Central Park nestled right in the middle of Midtown. I don’t go there as much as…
This photo is from a late Spring run around the Georgia State Capitol. It’s pretty busy during the Winter (when…
This photo is from Mitchell St in Downtown Atlanta. It’s part of what was “Hotel Row” near the old train…
This photo is from Peachtree St looking at I-85 right where it merges with I-75 to form Atlanta’s Downtown Connector.
This photo is of a Tulip Bush in bloom in rural Georgia. Lovely scene from summer.
This photo is from Panola Mountain State Park.
This photo is of Constitution Lake in Southeast Atlanta.
This is a photo of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium during an Atlanta United game. It’s an incredible venue. It’s what you’d…
This photo is from Midtown New York. I’ve been able to travel through New York a few times for both…
This photo is from Rocky Mountain in North Georgia looking out over the Blue Ridge mountains. It has a filter…
This photo is of a young American Elm tree (foreground) and Peach tree that we planted in Fall 2019. They’ve…
This photo is of a young maple tree in Grant Park. Every Fall, I love just how yellow it turns…
This photo is from an older wooded subdivision in Oconee County, Georgia. It has many young hardwoods – mostly White…
This photo is from the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival back in August 2017. The day was warm and sunny….
This is a photo of a MARTA train and a CSX Freight train running parallel at Hulsey Yard just east…
This photo is from one of the many interesting, but obscure City of Atlanta parks. It is tucked into the…
This photo is from one of my many dog “niblings” – a Labrador Retriever named Molly. She was one of…
One of my favorite skyline views of Atlanta is the Martin Luther King Jr MARTA station. If you go up…
These photos show the same house in rural Oconee County Georgia. The house has had additions and renovations due to…
My grandparents took my Dad & Uncle through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the mid-1960s. This is a…
One of the best parts of Spring in Georgia is that every wave is colorful. First come the flowers like…
While clearing out some brush behind our yard, I woke up a large opossum. It slowly climbed the fence to…
This is a completed section of the Westside BeltLine on its way to meet up with the Southside BeltLine near…
This is a section of the BeltLine in Atlanta weaving its way through Reynoldstown on its way to the Southside…
In the Spring, the neighborhood is known for its azaleas, dogwoods, and peach blossoms but in the Fall, we have…
This past Fall, we finally remembered to plant tulips. Beyond planning so far in advance, they were quite easy to…
The Piedmont of Georgia can look pretty bare during winter. But on clear days, the ubiquitous loblolly pine trees add…
I planted a peach tree in our backyard. It’s fitting for Atlanta, but the tree thinks that Winter is ending…in…
Even though the Southside BeltLine is not paved, as of July 2019, it is open for hiking / running. I…
The Lionel Hampton Trail is actually a couple different inter-connected trails in Southwest Atlanta. They are all BeltLine Connector Spurs…
A few years ago, my brother-in-law received a birthday gift to fly over Athens, GA in a single-engine prop plane….
I wrote about the Future Southeast BeltLine in 2016. Well, the city now officially owns the land, and it’s a…
Thanks to the Grant Park Conservancy, City of Atlanta and an anonymous donor, there is a new bench with skyline…
There is a small walking trail through the Constitution Lakes Nature Preserve called the Dolls Head Trail. It’s only about…
This photo is from the fireworks at Centennial Park. The show was absolutely incredible and highly recommended. This was also…
This photo is of a humble bumblebee on a wildflower in our neighbors’ yard. The bumblebee is obviously really cool,…
These are photos of the Atlantic Center, one of the iconic skyscrapers in Atlanta. I love the architecture and location.
This photo is of wildflowers in bloom in rural Georgia. The colors contrasting with the green pasture was so beautiful.
For Earth Day, I took my kids to Constitution Lakes, a Nature Preserve in south Dekalb County (and home to…
I have lots of family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. In fact, I lived there for almost 8 years – all…
This photo is from Woodruff Park. It is one of Downtown Atlanta’s two significant parks – the other one being…
This photo was taken from my office in Fall 2016. One of the things that me and my family love…
Atlanta has so many deciduous trees that, if we can get the rain to hold off, we get to have…
A few weeks ago we went to the lovely Fort Mountain State Park in Chatsworth, Georgia for several nights. This…
In late July, my oldest son and I took a trip to Macon, GA to explore the Ocmulgee National Monument.
One of my favorite things about running is that I discover so much about my city. You move fast enough…
I was out running exactly 2 hours after the Summer Solstice happened in Atlanta. I was just past Fort Walker…
I took this photo almost a year ago in May 2016. It turned out to be my last visit to…
The big project happening in Atlanta right now is the Atlanta BeltLine. It’s a plan to convert abandoned railroads around…
I live 3 miles from the Georgia State Capitol and work about 1/2 mile from it, so I see it…
I briefly got to visit Hoover Dam on a business trip to Las Vegas. Like the Taj Mahal, it was…
When I left Nebo, I got to outfit an office for the first time.
One of the best things about running the streets & neighborhoods of Atlanta is the cool things I come across….
This photo is from Hill St. crossing over Interstate 20 looking eastbound. I took it while out running.
After leaving Nebo to run my own business (again), I went searching for a small office space for a few reasons…
Apparently carving vegetables has been a common practice throughout history. It’s pretty odd, but also lots of fun. Among all…
Oakland Cemetery is one of Atlanta’s first cemeteries. I live about a mile and a half from the Memorial entrance….
I did a short 3 day trip to New York City for a business conference. Between sessions, meetings and flight…
I’ve been cycling in Atlanta ever since we moved here in 2013. And while I wouldn’t call Atlanta the next…
Perkerson Park is nestled in the Capitol View neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta. Between the disc golf course, new playground, ballfields,…
We went hiking at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, GA. It’s about a 20 minute drive due West…
Just up the street from my house there’s a music venue called “Grocery on Home” – and they have the…
This photo is from walk on the north end of Grant Park. It’s Atlanta’s original city park and home to Zoo…
The Eastside phase of the Atlanta BeltLine was the first major section paved and open for business. The New York…
We’ve been living at our new house in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta for more than 7 months now….
The Georgia DOT rebuilt the interchange between GA 400 and I-85. They added a couple of new flyovers. It’s been…
The Northside BeltLine is really close to our apartment in south Buckhead. It has a very different feel than the…
I visited Atlanta Silverbacks’ stadium. It reminded me of a Minor League Baseball game. Super chill, cheap, up close action…
Atlanta is a city founded upon and built by railroads. But unlike a lot of railroad towns around America –…
I took this photo somewhere in the Chattahoochee National Forest along the Appalachian Trail. There’s a lot of outcrops and…
This photo is from a warm summer evening at Turner Field. There are few things nicer than summer baseball.
I’m not a photographer, but I love to experiment. And I’m thrilled to live in an age of nearly fool-proof…
Various photos that I’ve taken around downtown Athens, Georgia before moving to Atlanta.
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