October 17, 2015

New Hampshire had it's OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, which is no longer, due to the rock formation became dislodged, after years of maintaining by the state.  A most popular tourist attraction.  The last picture, from Wikipedia, was taken about a week before it collapsed.

Well. Cumming has it's own rock formation and I call it Chief Sawnee.  It is atop of Sawnee Mountain and can be reached by hiking up trails at the Sawnee Mountain Preserve on Stop Road or from a trailhead on Tribble-Gap Road.

I included an annotated copy to point out what I see in the picture.  A view from the top and a picture of the three seats (the third seat is not in view to the  right).

 Do you see what I see???

 

October 15, 2015

This months photo project is "Unusual Patterns."  Geese flying in a V-formation is not unusual. 

I need to submit three pictures and so far I have four pictures.  Your task is to let me know which of the four you would not submit, should you accept this assignment.  There are not right or wrong answers.

October11, 2015

Yesterday was a cloudy, rainy day as we roamed around Raburn County.  The first picture is of Minnehaha Falls.  The trail to the falls is about one quarter of a mile and not a bad climb, except that today the trail was muddy.  The real story for us was that someone was going to have a wedding there, albeit, in the questionable weather.  We passed the wedding party on the way down; Justice of the Peace, musicians, wedding party and attendees.  The bride had not arrived yet and we were told that she was wearing a gown.  Can you imagine a bride, in her gown, hiking up a muddy trail for her wedding?  It reminds me of the Lexus advertisement that has be on TV recently, without the Lexus.  All I can say is the the groom knows what he is getting into before hand...

Minnehaha Falls

We stopped at some shops along the way...duh!  The next two pictures were taken at The Mark of the Potter, which is worth the stop.  Did I say that?  The trout is one of many that can be fed from the porch.  Drop of fish food (25 cents a pop) and they act like vultures.  They are humongous!  The other picture is of the rapid next to the shop, which used to be a working grinding mill.

As we traveled back to Cumming, we were treated to a rainbow, which was not as clear and sharp, but as always, beautiful.