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!

Water's Edge (160 of 365)

I took this photo during a walk down to the nearby pier. I like that you can just make out the pattern of the waves all the way down the picture.

Sunday Six: Week 23

Yesterday I ended up walking around the Southeastern Railway Museum for an hour or so. It's just north of Atlanta. The museum has lots of old rail cars and trains on about 30 acres. I grew up with train tracks just behind my house and my cousins and I would sometimes play on the cars that were left by the rail companies. It was fun to be able to climb up and around them. It was still fun yesterday, too!


Part of a bright, red locomotive.


Cracked and peeling paint on the ceiling of an old passenger car.


Headlights on an old, orange Marta bus.


A really rusty train lever.


A faded, yellow train car, complete with ladder and random stick.


The side of an old, rusty freight car.

Breakfast (159 of 365)

This is the same Great Blue Heron from my last Sunday Six post. Steve described him perfectly when he called him a "guard heron." This guy was so fun to watch. While the fisherman were standing in the water trying to catch fish, this heron would stand guard over their bucket. There were times he didn't even move all that much when the fishermen would come back up to their supplies.

He was certainly working hard for his breakfast!

Landscape (158 of 365)

This was the sight that greeted me when I arrived in Indian Shores for my mini-vacation. While it isn't the bright and colorful sunset the Gulf Coast is known for, it's beautiful all the same.

Sandy (157 of 365)

This trip to the beach was the first time I'd seen natural sponges along the shoreline. We saw mushroom sponges, as well as, these larger sponges. This one had been pushed all the way up to the sea oats by the waves. It sure was covered with sand!

Shades of Gray (156 of 365)

Although this is officially a Great Blue Heron, it does have a lot of gray in its feathers. He almost blends in with the gray skies we experienced the entire time.

Rolling (155 of 365)

Two great things about the Florida Gulf Coast are its clear waters and its beautiful, rolling waves. I really do think I could live happily as a beach resident.

Sense of Motion (154 of 365)

This toy ferris wheel was on sale in a local store. It spins just like an actual ferris wheel and I managed to capture just a bit of that. It was totally unintentional.

From Ground Level (153 of 365)

While sitting on the beach last week, trying to avoid the constant rain, I caught this speedy, little sandpiper hunting for his lunch.