“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau
Updating an old blog
I have an old blog that hasn’t been updated in almost 4 years. It’s strictly photography, with no explanations or descriptions. It has been out of sight, out of mind for a long time, but today I remembered that it exists, and I once again posted a photograph. You can find the blog at capturedforamoment.wordpress.com
Spring Festival 2026: Week #2~Azaleas
Somehow I missed Week #1, but I’m joining in for the second week of Dawn’s Spring Festival with pink and red azaleas which are just beginning to bloom… “Look around at the azaleas making fuchsia star bursts in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black sky on a cold night. And…
Flowering Quince
“The flowering quince are beginning to bloom, The harbinger of Spring every year.” — J.B. LeBuert As always: Слава Україні!! Slava Ukraini!! #StandWithUkraine Am Yisrael Chai
More crazy weather
A recent social media post noted that we don’t have four seasons here in the American South. We have twelve. At least it seems that way. Warm temperatures after the snow caused flowers to bloom and allowed me to sit outside in the sun and actually get too hot. Today, we woke up to cold…
Iceland’s iconic black beach exists no more
One of the major tourist destinations in Iceland, the Reynisfjara Black Beach which I visited less than a year ago, no longer exists. Heavy sea currents and strong winds in January and early February swept away much of the shoreline and its famous black sand. In addition, the beach lies below the Reynisfjara mountain, a…
Crazy weather
Flooding The past 4 weeks have brought insane weather to my corner of Northeast Georgia. First came the torrential rains and flooding. My house sits on high ground, so I had no problem except for some concern that the road might wash out. Others in the county had to be evacuated or had to shelter…
A song of hope for The Resistance: “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”
A new version of this 1977 song of hope by Dolly Parton dropped today on music streaming sites. On this newest release of Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Parton teams up with Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson, Queen Latifa, and Reba McEntire. Parton, who will celebrate her 80th birthday on Monday (January 19), issued the…
Unexpected in common hours 