Coastal Georgia – Wandering Dawgs

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #399 – Stuck in Place

May 25, 2026Posted in Birds, PhotographyTagged American Flag, backyard birds, Coastal Georgia, Eastern Grey Squirrel, Georgia birds, Lens-Artists, Memorial Day, Painted Bunting, Stuck in Place33 Comments

Egidio has given us a challenge to help us “unlock new inspiration in our photography.” His challenge is to stay in one place for 30 minutes to an hour. We can use the cameras, lenses and cell phones of our choice but we can only walk 10 or 15 steps in any direction to capture new images.

I’ve been in a rut recently with my photography so this challenge really motivated me to get out and have some fun with my camera. I’ve been watching the birds at our bird feeder from our deck but have not been inspired to take any photos until this challenge.

I chose a place in my back yard where I don’t usually sit. I had a great view of the bird feeder and the back yard. All of these photos were taken with a 400mm zoom lens. While I waited for birds I zoomed in on some random things.

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance to honor U.S. Military personnel who died in service to our country. In honor of this special day I will start with an American Flag from a neighbor’s back yard.

My neighbor always flies an American Flag. It’s especially meaningful this Memorial Day Weekend as we remember our fallen heroes.

This time of year the Holly Berries are green, not red.

Later, this Male Painted Bunting showed up at the feeder.

This Eastern Grey Squirrel was watching me watching him.

I’ve been wanting to get out to take photos and this challenge was just the inspiration I needed. Thank you Egidio!

I really enjoyed all of the different vibrant colors you showed us for Ritva’s Choose a Color challenge. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.

Many thanks to Egidio for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to his post Lens-Artists #399: Stuck in Place.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, May 30 at noon eastern time when Tina will be your host for the challenge.

If you don’t want to miss any of our challenges you may want to think about subscribing to the Lens-Artists team members websites: Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, John, Sofia, Anne, Egidio, Ritva, Beth.

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

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #394 – History Through the Lens

April 22, 2026April 25, 2026Posted in Historic Sites, PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia, Cockspur Island Lighthouse, Ft. Pulaski National Monument, History Through the Lens, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge33 Comments

John’s challenge is to feature places “where history still lives”. One of John’s suggested topics “Where the Past Still Stands”is the inspiration for this post. I chose to feature Fort Pulaski National Monument and Cockspur Island Lighthouse in coastal Georgia between Savannah and Tybee Island.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Construction for Fort Pulaski began in 1829. During the American Civil War the Confederate army held the fort until they surrendered to the Union Army in 1862 after the Union cannons firing from nearby Tybee Island caused major damage. For more about the history of Fort Pulaski you can visit Fort Pulaski National Monument.

In addition to exploring the fort, visitors can attend Ranger talks or walk on several hiking trails outside the fort.

Holes in the wall are from Union cannons, Ft. Pulaski National Monument

The North Pier Trail leads to this overlook

Remains of the North Pier at Fort Pulaski

Cockspur Island Lighthouse, marks the south channel of the Savannah River and sits on a small piece of land that is covered by water at high tide. This view is from the top of Fort Pulaski.

The Lighthouse Overlook trail at Fort Pulaski leads to a view of the Cockspur Island Lighthouse

On some days visitors can see historic reenactors at Ft. Pulaski

Last week I enjoyed all of your responses to Sofia’s Lucky Shot. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..

Many thanks to John for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to his post Lens-Artists #394: History through the Lens.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, April 25 at noon eastern time when I will be your host for the challenge.

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

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Cellpic Sunday – Not Something you see Every Day

October 12, 2025Posted in Georgia, PhotographyTagged beach, Beached Buoy, Cellpic Sunday, Coastal Georgia, Tybee Island27 Comments

A marker buoy weighing around 13,900 pounds from Port Royal, South Carolina washed up on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia this week. Thursday afternoon a Chinook helicopter lifted the buoy and carried it off.

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Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

Cellpic Sunday – Good Morning from Coastal Georgia

October 5, 2025Posted in Georgia, Photography, SunriseTagged Cellpic Sunday, Coastal Georgia, Morning19 Comments

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Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

Sunday Stills – Trees in Coastal Georgia

August 26, 2025Posted in Nature, PhotographyTagged Cabbage Palms, Coastal Georgia, cypress trees, Live Oaks, Photo Challenge, Spanish Moss, Sunday Stills, Trees30 Comments

Terri’s theme for this challenge is Trees. She asks us to share any kind of trees and be creative with the simple prompt. I am going to focus on three types of trees we see all around us in Coastal and South Georgia.

My featured image is a mixture of Live Oak trees and palm trees in our neighborhood. The first image in the below gallery is a Maritime Forest on Jekyll Island. The other two are Live Oak trees draped with Spanish Moss.