Photographer (287 of 365)

A shadowy shot of yours truly. Oh, and I am totally in my PJs in this photo. You can get away with that in the country. :)

What's On Your Christmas List?

I spotted something online today that I want for Christmas.

It's a trunk full of gourmet chocolates!!

Okay, so it's not the most practical gift, but check out all the yummy stuff that's included: 500 (!) pieces of chocolate ganache, five pounds of chocolate bark and croquettes, eighty ounces of Aztec hot chocolate in four tins, a twenty-ounce tin of Aztec Iced Chocolate, eight Aztec Hot Chocolate Bars, a teapot and infuser, two china teacups, a leather-bound journal and a small library of books on chocolate.

One might wonder as to the price of this extravagant gift. It's a special order piece which must be purchased in person for the low, low price of . . . $15,000.00! Don't forget, the trunk can be filled with personal items once you've made it through all those delicious morsels!

Fifteen grand. Isn't that crazy? I'd like to know how many of these Marie Belle actually sells. I'd also like a little bit of that chocolate!

Sunday Six: Week 47

This week's Sunday Six is a Recap Six. We drove about an hour south of Atlanta yesterday to visit Wild Animal Safari. It was fun and sad at the same time.


North American Elk.


White Tailed Deer.


Isn't she pretty?




I wanted to scoop this little guy up and take him home with me! Look at that face!

Until next week . . .

Accessories (254 of 365)

Didn't you know that trees wore bows, too?

I spotted this while walking through the children's garden. I'm pretty sure it was lost by a little girl playing throughout the garden, but you never know!

Rainbow (245 of 365)

This past weekend was the Atlanta Pride Festival. The festival has an enormous parade which is one of its highlights. This guy was decked out in his rainbow and bubble wrap suit. I thought it was pretty creative.

Sunday Six: Week 42

Another Recap Six this week, all from over the weekend.


Saturday afternoon was the annual Little Five Points Halloween Fest. The festival includes a big parade with lots of people dressed up. It's not just the paraders who are in costume, a lot of people in the crowd are too. This is a shot of one area of the crowd. It was like this a majority of the parade route. There were people everywhere!


One of the local haunted houses and their parade float.


I ended up walking along with some friends on their float. We had a mix of costumes. Here's a cowboy and Alex from "A Clockwork Orange." We also had a pirate, two more as different versions of Alex, and President Ronald Reagan.


Also at the parade was this guy dressed up as Snow White. If you've never been to Little Five Points in Atlanta . . . it's a very unique place.


Last night Allison and I went to the Falcons/Bears game. It was lots of fun!


The Falcons play in a dome. This is part of a support column. I thought the angles were interesting.

Until next week . . .

Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins (241 of 365)

One of the many folks dressed up at the Little Five Points Halloween parade.

Mismatched (237 of 365)

Definitely a mismatched outfit on this mannequin lamp. I came across this while rummaging through an antique store.

Sunday Six: Week 40

So, I'm a week late on this Recap Six, but better late than never, right?


I spotted several sunflower fields from the interstate while on my way to court one morning. I was determined to find them on my way back. Luckily, they were right off the interstate and I was able to snap a few pictures. I was too chicken to get out of the truck and walk through the fields.


Last Friday I took in the first game of the last Braves series. Derek Lowe was pitching against the Nationals. This was the first time I'd seen Derek pitch live for the Braves. It's just not the same seeing him out of a Red Sox uniform. :)


I was greeted by this on my way home from the Braves game. Usually, traffic isn't this bad late on a Friday night. For some reason, GDOT decided to close 4 lanes of traffic. Why on earth they would decide to close 4 lanes just as event traffic is picking up is beyond me!


On Sunday, I went for a long walk around historic Roswell. This is a broken headstone in the Old Roswell Cemetery.


The main street through the Roswell Square invites its businesses to create scarecrows for Halloween. I thought this one was pretty cute.


And, in case you were wondering, Elvis is alive and well on Canton Street!

This week's Sunday Six coming up in just a bit!

Bridges or Tunnels (234 of 365)

Speaking of the floods last week, this is one of the bridges that transportation officials closed for several days due to the rising flood waters. This is the Chattahoochee River. At one point over the last several days, the river was well above flood stage in several parts of North Georgia. Rivers are definitely not supposed to be this close to you when you're crossing a bridge! It's not a really good picture, but this was one of the few shots I was able to get of the water.

Sunday Six: Week 36 (Dragon*Con Edition)

Today's Sunday Six is going to be a Sunday Nine, simply because I have extra pictures and I don't want to pick between them! This weekend thousands of folks are visiting Atlanta for Dragon*Con 2009. Dragon*Con is billed as North America's largest Science Fiction/Fantasy convention. Two of this year's biggest speakers were William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy (a.k.a. Captain Kirk and Dr. Spock). In addition to the convention there is a huge parade with tons and tons of fun costumes. For example . . .


The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland was there.


The Blues Brothers danced their way down Peachtree Street, too!


Captain Jack Sparrow from "Pirates of the Carribean" was present via pirate ship.


This guy was there, too! Although, I have no idea what character he is. If you know, please speak up in the comments! I'm sure I'll feel like a dummy when I find out who this is.


Almost always present at an Atlanta parade is the Seed and Feed Marching Abominable Band. They are so wacky! They're always lots of fun to watch!

Finally, as you would expect with any Science Fiction/Fantasy themed parade there were a lot of Star Wars characters present.


Darth Vader was there along with his security forces. Dark Helmet and the SpaceBalls crew were also there. Sadly, I didn't snap the shutter quick enough to get their costumes!


Stormtroopers were everywhere! Y'all, I kid you not when I say there was an Indianapolis Colts Stormtrooper! Who knew they liked football?!


This was probably my favorite of the Star Wars costumes, simply because I'd never seen someone dressed up as Chewy.


And, finally . . . does anyone recognize this guy? Two of the guys behind me were positive this was George Lucas. I think it's just a close likeness. If George had really been there, surely that would've made headlines around here!

Until next week, which will certainly have far less wackiness!

Hair (230 of 365)

The Bride of Frankenstein is known for her wacky hair. Here she is with her hubby during the DragonCon 2009 parade in Atlanta.

Rock, Paper, Scissors (226 of 365)

Balanced Rock at the Garden of the Gods. Isn't this neat? It just looks like its about to fall right over!

Exercise (225 of 365)

These are the highest set of stairs in the world. They are the stairs of the Pikes Peak Incline Trail, also known as the Manitou Incline. The incline was originally built to support the construction of a hydroelectric plant and its waterline. It was also used as a tourist attraction to take tourists to the summit of Pikes Peak via a cable car.

The stairs are actually old railroad ties. The incline is just over a mile and you gain 2,011 feet in elevation. After climbing to the top of the 2,744 stairs, you then have the option to continue hiking the Barr Trail (about 8 miles, I think) to the summit of Pikes Peak, turning around and walking straight back down those stairs, or taking a 4 mile trail back down to the base of the mountain.

Interestingly, the incline is on privately owned property and is off limits to the public. The many people who climb and train on the incline are actually trespassing. There is, however, a steady push to make the trail open to the public.

Sunday Six: Week 33 (Bright Lights Edition)

This week I have a Recap Six all from my long weekend in Fort Lauderdale.


I played with light trails during some of our drives around South Florida. I tried to pick things with lots of colors and shapes.


The I-95 North sign on our way back from night two of Dave Matthews Band in West Palm Beach. It was a great show!


Fun lights that we passed on our way back from South Beach.


This is a Tex-Mex bar in Ft. Lauderdale.


I have no clue what these lights are. I do, however, love the lines of the building lights!


Okay, so not an abstract photo. This is the Colony Hotel on Ocean Drive in South Beach. (And, yes. I deliberately cut off the full name of the hotel.)

Next week . . . photos from this week's trip! Then, you're back to the basics of in and around Metro Atlanta.

Sunday Six: Week 32

This week I have a New Six all taken late yesterday afternoon.


Here I am headed into Atlanta on the way to dinner. It's a little crooked, but hey, I was driving. Notice the new pavement on the downtown connector. This has been the cause of major traffic delays.


A little closer into downtown here, and you can still see the damage from the tornado that came through last year on the Westin. (It's the circular building.) The hotel's shape requires specially crafted windows. Once they're all made the actual replacement will begin.


This is Buck.


This is Sunny.


Don't let their sweet and mellow looks fool you . . . . While they are sweet pups, they're a little overzealous.


They are constantly at each other playing and fighting! They also tend to show out when company is around which means I tend to leave their house covered in scratches, bruises and doggy kisses!

Until next week!

Break the Rule of Thirds (172 of 365)

I love this picture. I love the peeling paint and the rust. I love the grunge and dirt. I suppose it's the industrial look that is actually appealing to me. For some reason, I just like it.

Security (161 of 365)

How safe would you feel knowing this guy was keeping his eye on you? He was placed just outside the entrance of a local beach store. I actually had to wait for a bit for all the kids to clear out so I could take his picture!