Day 272 Raptor Center

Before I took my friend to the airport today (waah!), we spent some time at the raptor center. In addition to the live birds, they had an interesting display with photos of the various owls in Harry Potter, giving characteristics of each.

Day 271 Moving Day

On my way to work, I dropped these by for my friend and those helping her load the truck.
I guess she's really going!

Day 270 Probably I shouldn't admit this...

...but I took 14 pictures of lightbulbs tonight.

Day 269 A divided mind

Let's see.... should I turn red, or not? Maybe I'll try part of my leaves, and if I like it, then I'll do the rest.

I see this tree every day on the way to work, and the way it's "turning" cracks me up!

Day 268 Three months 'til Christmas

Not that Christmas has anything to do with my photo--just thought I'd throw that out.
I'm going through a boring phase in my surroundings, I guess.

Day 267 Heading to work

The guys in this truck ahead of me were headed for a much different kind of work than mine!

Day 266 View from the floor

Day 265 Tomorrow is Fall?

We're back in the 90's.

Day 264 (Friday) Mall skylight

Those of you who know me, please don't faint. Yes, I voluntarily went to a mall. Yesterday was very slow at work, and I had "comp time" I needed to use up, so I took an extended supper. I bought a NC travel book at Borders, ate supper, and did my daily "walk" in the mall instead of outdoors.

Day 263 Sights of my morning

Day 262 A new path

I am so tired of walking around and around in my apartment complex parking lot, and I really, really hate an indoor treadmill. This morning I got in the car and drove to a place I'd noticed with sidewalks--not ideal, but a heck of a lot better than where I'd been walking.

The leaves are falling!

I thought this was interesting, just sitting in the middle of the lake. I'm assuming it regulates the water level to some extent.

This poor snake was in the road...and I guess had been there a while!

Interesting pattern ...

... and what is this?!

Day 261 Tuesday's photo: Frustration

I can get thus far and no further. I've tried several times. I've let it "customize my checkout" while I slept, and it never managed to get it done. I started from scratch and let it have a go at it while I walked this morning. Can't get past this screen. Grrrrr!

Day 260 Open the windows!

It's such nice weather that I've had to have the windows open. I get so much sun that I can't always let it in full force, but today was too gorgeous to limit anything!

Day 259 Signs of the times

Day 258 Party!

Day 257 Winter's on its way!

Day 256 Thursday

A "cold front" came through (in the 80's) so I was able to walk outside today. It's been a while! One thing I really, really miss about Atlanta is a good place to walk.

Day 255 Wednesday

Some days I park to the side of the building, against a hill, and always notice the strange combination of nice grass, trees and skies with ... wire.

Day 254 Reflections--A day with my son

I've posted several days of photos, so any interested parties will need to keep scrolling back.

Day 253

Believe it or not, the blur to the side of the feeder is two hummingbirds fighting over the food!

Look closely at the next two, and you will see a hummer from the botanical gardens.

And this fellow isn't so hard to pick out!

Day 252

Some of the critters of my trip....

Day 251

Saturday was an unexpected day at work--the long hours of crisis control weren't easy, but seeing how my new lab handles crises and problem solving was a great experience!

I started thinking about outdoor paths, though...and Sunday drove to Athens to visit my son. We took the path below through the woods and by the river.

And this is the driveway from the house where I spent Sunday night.

Day 250

Friday was a long, busy, intense day at work, and I took no photos whatsoever. These are from Sunday, when I went to the Athens Botanical Gardens with my son.

The plant above was so neat! We think it is some kind of pepper, but it was growing as ornamental bushes, with the red and purple "pepper" and the blooms all mixed together. I'd never seen anything like it.

Day 249 Thursday

Poor garlic....one is a lonely number.

Day 248 Wednesday

My downstairs neighbors must be out of town. They've had a Chinese restaurant menu stuck in their door for several days, and this lovely creature is guarding their entrance.

Day 247 Doesn't take much....

...to entertain some people!

Days 244-246 Labor Day Weekend

I was back in Atlanta this weekend, and snapped this reflection while wandering through an outdoor book festival.

I got to make a trip to the Farmer's Market, which is an incredible collection of all sorts of foods...at incredible prices. I miss grocery shopping in Atlanta.

I always find cemeteries fascinating. This one had markers for Confederate soldiers, along with new graves and those from the 1800's.

I'm still thinking about this one...and wondering what Katherine would think about her marker.