Sunday Stills – Page 9 – Wandering Dawgs

A Few Favorite Bridges

September 28, 2023Posted in PhotographyTagged bridges, Sunday Stills25 Comments

For this month’s Sunday Stills Challenge Terri asks us to explore bridges.

I live in an area with many creeks, rivers and large areas of salt marsh. Whenever I leave my neighborhood to go anywhere I have to cross several bridges. My header image is of the Talmadge Bridge in nearby Savannah, Georgia.

We’ve seen many bridges in our travels – highway bridges across wide rivers, walking bridges, covered bridges, and swinging bridges. The following images are of a few of my favorite bridges from around the United States.

Swinging bridge over the Santa Fe River in O’Leno State Park

Suspension Bridge over Tallulah Gorge, Georgia

Shadow of the Alaska Railroad train on the bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska

Imes Covered Bridge, Madison County, Iowa

Two bridges crossing the mighty Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Bridge over Kentucky River at the Wild Turkey Distillery

Next up are a few favorite bridges from our travels in Ireland and Scotland.

Bridge at Eileen Donan Castle, Scottish Highlands

Ha’Penny Bridge across the River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland

Rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede on the Causeway Coastal Route, Northern Ireland

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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.

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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.

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World Ovarian Cancer Day – May 8, 2022

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022Posted in ovarian cancerTagged ovarian cancer awareness, Sunday Stills, teal or aqua, Teal Ribbon, world ovarian cancer day10 Comments

May 8, 2022 is World Ovarian Cancer Day. Teal is the color for ovarian cancer.

The symptoms of ovarian cancer are vague and many women don’t get an early diagnosis. There is no screening test for ovarian cancer. A Pap smear does not detect ovarian cancer.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge monthly color challenge teal or aqua.

Feeding the Backyard Birds

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Are you a bird feeder, backyard birds, Carolina Chickadee, Change, Georgia birding, Lens-Artists, Painted Bunting, Photo Challenge, ruby throated hummingbird, Sunday Stills, Tufted Titmouse32 Comments

I enjoy feeding my back yard birds and keep a feeder filled with seeds close to my butterfly garden. It’s fun to see how the birds in the yard change with the seasons. During the warm months I keep three hummingbird feeders filled with nectar and grow flowers that attract them. I enjoy sitting and watching the birds and trying to capture them with my camera.

In Fall and Winter birds like Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, House Finches, and Northern Cardinals show up frequently. All of these birds can also be seen at various times during the rest of the year. The pair of Northern Cardinals in the header photo were perched in a tree near the bird feeder this week. They like to hang around waiting for seeds to fall to the ground for an easy meal.

I start seeing a change in the birds in the spring when the weather starts warming up. The hummingbird feeders go up and I anxiously await the first Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Spring also brings the Painted Buntings to the yard. Both the hummers and the buntings come around frequently all spring and summer.