Black and White – Wandering Dawgs

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #375 – Where to find the Mysterious

November 25, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged Black and White, Lens-Artists, Mysterious, Okefenokee Swamp, Photo Challenge29 Comments

I am happy to welcome Patti back as this week’s host. For this challenge she is asking us to explore the mysterious. Her wonderful post contains great examples and tips to help inspire us.

I chose to include black and white images because I like the way they create a more mysterious feeling.

Cypress swamps are mysterious places. The featured image was taken from the Swamp Trail in Silver Springs State Park, Florida. The next image is from a different swamp, the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia.

*Into the unknown in the Okefenokee Swamp*

I find mystery in old abandoned buildings and other old structures.

*Abandoned mental institution on Milledgeville, Georgia*

Abandoned dairy barn in rural Georgia — *Old dairy barn in rural Georgia*

Last week your responses to John’s On the Move challenge took us around the world on many interesting types of transportation.

Many thanks to Patti for her challenge Lens-Artists #375 – Finding the Mysterious. I hope you will join us for this week’s challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and link back to Patti’s post.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, November 29 at noon eastern time when I will be your host for the next challenge.

For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.

Every Day is a Gift

Remembering Cee – Black and White Bridge

November 7, 2025November 9, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged #1Day4Cee, Black and White, Cee Neuner, Remembering Cee, Sidney Lanier Bridge21 Comments

Cee Neuner was a wonderful photographer who brought joy to many with her beautiful flowers and other images.

Sadly, Cee passed away earlier this year. Today would have been her 64th birthday. Dan Antion of No Facilities and Marsha Ingrao of Always Write share the November 7 birthday with Cee. Today they are hosting a 1 day photo challenge in her memory. Many thanks to them both.

Marsha Ingrao Remembering Cee Neuner One Day Photo Challenge

Dan Antion’s A Bridge for Cee A Bridge for Cee – #1Day4Cee

Every Day is a Gift

Sunday Stills: Black and/or Black and White

October 21, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Black and White, Color Challenge, Sunday Stills10 Comments

For Terri’s challenge I wanted to add some drama to these photos so I converted them to black and white.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge Black and White

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #156: Black and White

July 11, 2021July 12, 2021Posted in Historic Sites, PhotographyTagged Andalusia, Black and White, Flannery O'Conner, Georgia Writers, Lens-Artists, Peacocks, Photo Challenge, Southern Writers18 Comments

Many thanks to Anne Sandler of Slow Shutter Speed for guest hosting with the theme of Black and White. My contribution to the challenge is a selection of photos from a recent tour of Andulsia, author Flannery O’connor’s home in Milledgeville, Georgia. She was the author of two novels, thirty-one short stories, and many essays and reviews.

O’Conner lived at Andalusia from 1951 until her death in 1964. To help take us back to the time when Flannery lived here I converted these photos to black and white.

Andalusia was first settled in 1814 as a cotton plantation and farm. In 1931, Flannery’s uncle purchased the property. She moved to Andalusia in 1951 after being diagnosed with Lupus and lived there with her mother until she died in 1964. She did much of her writing while living there.

Our tour began at Flannery’s home which is shown in the header image at the top of the page. As we walked through the rooms I felt like I had gone back in time to my childhood.

There are several out buildings around the property. Hill House was built in the 1820’s and was the original home at Andalusia.

The cow barn.

Flannery raised Peacocks and these two are descendants of her birds.

Andalusia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today it is owned by Georgia College and open to the public. To learn more please visit Georgia College – Andalusia.

All of these photos were shot in color and edited using Photoshop Elements.

Many thanks to Anne Sandler for this challenge. Please be sure to visit her original post at Lens-Artists Challenge #156: Black and White