summer – Wandering Dawgs

Cellpic Sunday – Just Another July Afternoon Thunderstorm

July 12, 2026Posted in PhotographyTagged Cellpic Sunday, July, Storm Clouds, summer, thunderstorm20 Comments

It’s July in coastal Georgia and that means afternoon thunderstorms.

Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

Every Day is a Gift

Cellpic Sunday – Bloody Point Beach

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025Posted in Nature, Photography, South CarolinaTagged beach, Bloody Point, Cellpic Sunday, Daufuskie Island, Island, summer10 Comments

A beautiful summer day on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina.

Bloody Point Beach, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina

Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

Also shared with Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Summer

Yellow is my Favorite Color

August 17, 2023Posted in Butterflies, Flowers, PhotographyTagged are you all-in for yellow, Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch, summer, summer blooms, Summer flowers, Sunday Stills, Swallowtail, Yellow13 Comments

For this month’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge Terri wants to know if we are all in for yellow. I am!

On a recent visit to middle Georgia my husband and I wandered around Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch at the Briar Patch Walking Trail in Putnam County, Georgia. As I walked along the trail I kept my eyes peeled for butterflies and yellow flowers. I hope you enjoy these yellows as much as I did!

Flowers and butterflies! What’s not to love?

To learn more about this wonderful pollinator habitat please visit their FaceBook page Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills Are you all-In for Yellow?

Summertime is My Lazy Time

August 11, 2023Posted in Flowers, PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia, Lazy Hazy Daze of Summer, summer, Sunday Stills15 Comments

July and August in coastal Georgia are always hot, humid and stormy. It’s too hot to sit outside on my porch or go out to take photos. With heat indexes over 100 degrees Fahrenheit it’s easy to be lazy and stay inside to cool off in the air conditioning. Many afternoons have found me inside reading or watching the storms as they roll in. The rainbows after the storm have been spectacular.

The full moons have been spectacular, too.

It’s much too hot to go out and tend to my garden. This year I got lazy and put off pulling weeds in my flower beds because of the heat. I finally found that if I got started pulling weeds about 8:00 a.m. I could get a little work done before the heat got too much for me. Despite my lack of attention, some of the flowers are thriving.

Here in coastal Georgia we usually don’t start getting cooler weather until October. Until then, if you need me, I’ll be inside where it’s cool.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills Lazy, Hazy Daze of Summer

Backyard Bees, Butterflies and Birds

July 15, 2021Posted in Birds, Butterflies, Nature, PhotographyTagged Bee, birdweekly, garden, Gulf Fritillary, hummingbird, Northern Cardinal, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, summer, summer garden18 Comments

We’ve had lots of activity in our backyard these first two weeks of July. Bees and Butterflies are frequent visitors to the butterfly garden.

Ruby Throated Hummingbirds and Northern Cardinals are two of the birds we see every summer around our back yard. Snow Egrets are frequent summer visitors to the salt water creek. Roseate Spoonbills first started coming to our area a few years ago. I’ve seen them two years in a row now so hopefully they will keep returning each summer.