This post was inspired by Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Views in Violet
Violet Blooms
Category: Wildflowers
Lens-Artists #117: A Photo Walk
For this photo challenge Amy has asked us to share a photo walk. I chose a selection of images from three walks made in the same place.
We made a few trips to middle Georgia this spring and summer. We like to spend time on the land where my grandfather had a dairy farm almost 100 years ago.
I always enjoy walking around the property and love to see how the landscape changes with the seasons.
The above images were on a walk in early spring when the bunnies were out and the honeysuckle was blooming.
Many wildflowers bloom in the summer and the wild blackberries are ripe enough to pick.
In early September the fruit of the sour oranges (not good to eat), persimmons, and winged sumac were ripe and wildflowers were blooming around the edges of the woods.
Thanks to Amy for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #117: Photo Walk.
Lens-Artists #105: Spring
This July “Seasons” will be the theme for the entire month with a different season featured each week. This week the challenge is “Spring”. For me, spring is best represented by the vibrant colors of flowers.
Here in coastal Georgia I know it is spring when the azaleas, dogwoods and fruit trees are blooming.
Spring is a beautiful time for a road trip. In Texas, fields are filled with the bluebonnets and other brightly colored wildflowers.
The spring blossoms in the Blue Ridge Mountains add bright colors to the landscape.
Tina, thank you for this weeks Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Spring
February Wildflowers in North Florida
The calendar said February but the flowers said spring!
As we wandered along the trails of Silver Springs State Park and O’Leno State park in north Florida this February, wildflowers added a pop of color to the lush green forest around us.
Happy spring!
Spring Flowers and the Suwannee River
It’s been two years since our last visit to Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs. During that stay we did a lot of exploring around the park, the town of White Springs, and nearby Big Shoals State Park. I posted about those adventures at Way Down upon the Suwannee River.
We returned to the park this February. The carillon tower is a focal point in the park and one of my favorite things about being there is hearing the the bells from the carillon chime on the quarter hour and hearing Stephen Foster’s music throughout the day. Unfortunately, the carillon wasn’t working this year.
- The carillon at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
We didn’t visit the museum on this trip but there are interesting exhibits about Stephen Foster and his many songs.
- Stephen Foster Museum
Even though it was only February there were some beautiful spring blooms. Gotta love Florida!
One day we took a drive to Suwanee River State Park near Live Oak to check it out. High on the banks above the Suwanee River, we enjoyed a walk on an easy trail to the confluence of the Suwanee and Withlacoochee Rivers. Beside the trail were relics from riverboats that once traveled up and down the river.
We enjoyed wonderful views from an overlook at the confluence of the two rivers.
After our walk we sat on a wooden swing overlooking the Suwanee River enjoying a picnic lunch. Doesn’t get much better than that.
