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3.22.2021: Slow shutter speed day while hiking Kennesaw Mountain. Or ... I was not wearing my glasses. 81/365

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3.21.2021: Everything is selling fast in our neighborhood. I mean EVERYTHING! This beautiful half-bath was under contract the first day the sign went up. 80/365

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3.20.2021: Atlanta skyline ... the GREEN is coming! 79/365

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3.19.2021: Spring in the USA. 78/365

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3.18.2021: Breaking News! Photo just released of daring Prison Break. You heard it here first. Exclusive interview with alleged criminal mastermind tomorrow after his nap. Now back to your regular scheduled Facebook nonsense. 77/365

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3.17.2021: Just in case older hummingbirds have to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and decide they would like to have a snack as long as they are up ... we positioned our feeder so that a nearby streetlight would illuminate it. 76/365

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3.16.2021: Red letter date at the new Stately Spiff Manor. In October we moved in … and today, we relocated enough boxes to the attic to get BOTH of our cars in the garage! Whooo-hoo. It’s a tight fit, because we still have several things to move out of the garage, but progress is being made. Probably would have been done earlier but I spend too much darn time hiking Kennesaw Mountain. 75/365

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03.15.2021: Out with old ... in with the new. 74/365

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03.14.2021: Birds in our yard prefer "Shadow Bathing" over "Shadow Boxing." 73/365

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3.13.2021: Spring forward! 72/365

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3.12.2021: Imagine my surprise stumbling across a time tunnel in downtown Kennesaw. After walking through it, I noticed I had traveled back to the year 2010. I didn't stay long as everything was in black and white. Apparently, some sort of time travel anomaly. 71/365

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3.11.2021: I met quite a beautiful lady on Little Kennesaw Mountain. Her name is Coco. 70/365

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3.10.2021: Riding along in my automobile 

Forrest beside me at the wheel 

Gave him a treat at the turn of a mile 

I swear it looks like he had a big smile 

Cruisin' and playin' the radio 

With no particular place to go

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3.9.2021: Here comes the sun do, do, do ... Here comes the sun ... And I say it's all right.

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3.8.2021: Saw this couple enjoying each other’s company at Green Plantation, and thought of the song Janet sang to me at the altar almost 25 years ago. 67/365
Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one ...

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3.7.2021: Vulture School: "Pay attention class. When going into a steep dive, position your wings like this." 66/365

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3.6.2021: Forrest attempting to "nose in" on my area of the couch. 65/365

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3.5.2021: I stopped to watch a crew pouring concrete when, for some reason, my mind began to wander and I began thinking about Jimmy Hoffa. 64/365

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3.4.2021: Sunny sky ... 70+ degrees ... good time to wash the ride. 63/365

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3.3.2021: "Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a hawk in flight will know that this is one of the natural world's most elegant phenomena." - John Burnside (Kennesaw Mountain) 62/365

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3.2.2021: Legend has it that shortly after midnight giant rabbits roam the remote areas of Kennesaw Mountain. These fierce rabbits are often destructive and unlike Big Foot, have never been photographed. However, it you are lucky, you may stumble upon signs of these elusive creatures. 61/365

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3.1.2021: "Rainy days and Mondays always get me down." -- Carpenters (and Jenny) 60/365

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2.28.2021: Leaves of a different color. 59/365 (Green Plantation, Marietta, GA)

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2.27.2021: Just hangin' around, waiting for spring. 58/365

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2.26.2021: How I spend some of my spare time ... editing photos. 57/365

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2.25.2021: It was an ICE CREAM type of day in sunny Georgia. 56/365

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2.24.2021: Tour de Kennesaw Mountain? 55/365

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2.23.2021: "Fly me to the moon" 54/365

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2.22.2021: Big tree down across a Kennesaw Mountain trail. After cutting the tree to clear the path ... a piece of art. 53/365

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2.21.2021: Whoever placed this bench two miles into my hike at Kennesaw Mountain ... THANK YOU! 52/365

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2.20.2021: “From the end spring new beginnings.” ― Pliny the Elder 51/365

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2.19.2021: "Creepy Carrots" ... that's my man, Austin! 50/365

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2.18.2021: I suspect that Lily Sue may be dealing off the bottom of the deck during a hotly contested game of "Old Maid." We are playing for Mardi Gras beads. Guess who is winning. 49/365

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2.17.2021: On this day, 50 years ago, a young, apprehensive kid was issued a quite stylish olive drab US Air Force Field Jacket. Today, an old, not so apprehensive kid-at-heart still wears that jacket on occasion. 48/365

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2.16.2021: With all due respect to the majority of the United States, I don't think you realize what we are enduring here in the Atlanta area. 47/365

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2.15.2021: Not a creature was stirring ... not even a Corgi. 46/365

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2.14.2021: Foggy Kennesaw Mountain Breakdown. 45/365

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2.13.2021: And so it begins. 44/365

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2.12.2021: It was a late night run to Publix. And by late, I mean around 8 PM. Yes, I'm old. 43/365

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2.11.2021: Giant Ballerina sighted on Marietta Square. Police Chief displays cavalier attitude while dancing around pointed questions. Story at 11. "Suite!!!" 42/365

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2.10.2021: When life does NOT imitate art. 41/365

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2.9.2021: Getting my steps in today at The Avenue at West Cobb and, for some reason, I started humming this song: "Sign, sign ... Everywhere a sign." 40/365

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2.8.2021: “Why do I love clouds? Because you can’t save a cloud like you can save a leaf or a flower or a rock – clouds are now.” ― Terri Guillemets 39/365

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2.7.2021: That awkward moment when to walk into a party and realize ... only bamboo trees were invited. Then, you hope you will not be noticed. 38/365

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2.6.2021: A young buck in the Cheatham Hill area of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. That's the Illinois Monument in the background. 37/365

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2.5.2021: Gone ... but not forgotten! New owners of the old Stately Spiff Manor as of today. Janet & I decided to get one last photo together before the closing. Nearly 25 years of great times. Wonderful memories to last a lifetime. Our next great adventure has begun!!! 36/365

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2.4.2021: With Valentine's Day quickly approaching ... love is in the air. And, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 35/365

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2.3.2021: You know you're going to have an iffy day when the first thing in the morning your frozen birdbath ... gives you the bird. 34/365 

How this happens: These towers are caused when the surface of the of water freezes first, sealing in the water below. As freezing temperatures continue, and that not-yet frozen water trapped below begins to freeze, it expands, creating higher pressure under the ice lid. Eventually, the pressure will either cause a small crack or opening in the ice where water will start to dribble out -- sort of like squeezing a tube of toothpaste. However, as that water squeezes out to the surface, it freezes too, creating a small bump of ice on the surface. The pattern repeats and the "bump" grows taller and taller until all the water under the main sheet of ice has frozen. And what you have left is called an ice spike.

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2.2.2021: It’s been over 30 hours since I had the 2ndCovid-19 vaccination. Minor soreness is gone and really no other side-effects of note. I did fall asleep in my massage chair for a couple hours today, but don’t read too much into that as I’ve done that before on numerous occasions before having any Covid shots. For a moment this afternoon I thought that the vaccination had given me time travel abilities when I spotted these two classic cars. Then I realized, they must be shooting another movie in our area. Oh, well. 33/365

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2.1.2021: I was more excited about getting this sticker (for my second covid-19 vaccination) than I was when I got my "I Voted" sticker. 32/365 

 NOTE: (11:20 pm 2/1/21) 9 hours after receiving the vaccination, no side effects or symptoms to report. I can very slightly feel soreness at the injection site. I also should mention, I suddenly have the urge to binge watch Pauly Shore movies.