Happy Independence Day!

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~Leonardo da Vinci

Today I launched out on a leisurely motorcycle ride before the 90F heat would hit.  Something, I’m not sure what, led me in a different direction than I would typically go.  Three quarters of an hour later I landed in Monroe, GA, the county seat of Walton County.  It’s an old, charming 19th century southern […]

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.  ~ Samuel Smiles A couple more from the recent Midtown walk.  

Immediately fell in love with this storefront poster.  🙂

From a recent after-work photo walk to calm the brain and shift gears to shutter time.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ~Napoleon Hill

From a recent visit.  It’s always a joy to visit The High.

During Kathy’s and my week long venturings through western North Carolina, we stumbled into a 75-year old picker’s property.  Only in the south could one be driving through the most rural of areas taking in the autumn beauty one minute, and then a local resident invite us into his home after having only met us with […]

This area of the Blue Ridge Mountains is replete with the beauty of decay … old barns, houses, and “Americana” at almost every hidden corner.  Per my previous post, leaf colors were unpredictable and  “hit and miss” (mostly “miss”, here).