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6.18.2021: Aubree giving Forrest a private piano recital. 169/365

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6.17.2021: "They'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again." -- Terence Mann's soliloquy from the movie "Field of Dreams." 

(Was at Truist Park catching the Braves win over the Cardinals 4-0. Charlie Morton had a no-hitter into the 7th inning. Since it's almost impossible to get my big boy camera into the park, I used my little compact camera to get this shot when the light was just right.) 

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6.16.2021: Saw this Ringneck Snake on the trail today at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. About 12-14 inches long. Ringnecks mostly prey on species smaller than mice, including salamanders and newts, slugs, earthworms, some frogs and toads, and baby snakes. I don't know how it got it's name. 

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6.15.2021: Didn't see anything really interesting while hiking today, but had that eerie feeling that I was being watched. 

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6.14.2021: On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. The day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. 

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6.13.2021: Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. 

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6.12.2021: "Leave the road, take the trails." — Pythagoras 

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6.11.2021: Rainy day ... Hemingway. 

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6.10.2021: Rumor has it that the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Rangers have trained bluebirds to help remind visitors about the entrance fee. Remember, these fees help improve park facilities and infrastructure and provide enhanced services. Also of importance, although not substantiated, those who attempt not to pay the fee may have some surprise “gifts” left on their vehicle windshields by the bluebirds. 

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6.9.2021: 

Why I'm never allowed to visit Greece again. 

1) Total disregard of historic artifacts. 

2) Tasteless choice of pants. 

(1973, Athens, Greece) 

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6.8.2021: Okay, I’m not going to lie. I had to work a bit to get this photo. Trying to get a youngster pose with mom for a family portrait is not easy. First the little lady ran into the woods when she spotted me. (Spotted. See what I did there?) Then, when she emerged from the trees, she just stared at me and didn’t get close to mom. Finally, when she caught up with mom, I had to do my “I’m not paying any attention to you” slow walk so that I could get in position for this shot without scaring them away. Luckily, they both struck a pose. Ten seconds later the little gal had jumped back into the forest. 

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6.7.2021: Bomber with Fighter escort. 

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6.6.2021: 

He can make you love 

He can make you cry 

He will bring you down 

Then he'll get you high 

Somethin' keeps him goin' 

Miles and miles a day 

To find another place to play 

Night after night who treats you right Baby, it's the guitar man 

Who's on the radio You go listen to the guitar man 

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6.5.2021: For me, it was a Black & White type of day in Dallas, GA. 

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6.4.2021: Remember how embarrassing it was, as a kid, when your mom would lick her thumb and then wipe something off your face. Well, it's worse if your mom is a deer because she doesn't have a thumb. So, she just licks your entire face. 

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6.3.2021: Nice sunset tonight. As seen from our front porch. 

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6.2.2021: Have you ever looked at an old photograph of yourself and thought to yourself, "I wonder whatever happened to that kid?" Or, in my case, "I wonder whatever happened to that hair?" 

(1973: somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.) 

After looking at this photo I also thought, "Why did I ever buy that shirt?" 

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6.1.2021: The Shadow Knows! 

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5.31.2021: A quiet Memorial Day morning hiking through the woods near Pigeon Hill. Just me, my camera and the usual suspects. 

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5.30.2021: Many soldiers who lost their lives in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain are buried at Marietta National Cemetery. From some of their grave sites one can see Kennesaw Mountain in the distance. (A little over 5 miles away.) 

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5.29.2021: Most excellent car show in Acworth on Saturday. 

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5.28.2021: As Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz ... "There's no place like home." 

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5.27.2021:  I guess when you move into a 55+ community you shouldn't be surprised by seeing something like this on a daily basis. On the upside, Halloween in our neighborhood should be spectacular. 

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5.26.2021: Bee-utiful! 

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5.25.2021: 

Look! Up in the sky. 

It's a bird. 

It's a plane. 

It's ... Supermoon! 

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5.24.2021: Cooling off in Noses Creek on a hot summer-like day. 

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5.23.2021: "Take me to your leader." And so, the invasion from outer space aliens begins. Or, it's just an Eastern Big-eyed Click Beetle. 

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5.22.2021: D'oh!!

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5.21.2021: Lily graduating Kindergarten. Scariest thing ... her t-shirt with her high school graduation year on it. 2033!!!!! Yipes! We're proud of you, Lily. 

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5.20.2021: Magnolia blooming in our back yard. 

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5.19.2021: Even birds in a retirement community sometimes have issues. Mama Bird: "I sent you out for dinner an hour ago. You better not be up on the roof crapping again!" 

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 05.18.2021:  A visit to Millstone Stables.  138/365

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5.17.2021: Austin, attempting a Jerry Lee Lewis move. 

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5.16.2021: In our back yard today, I saw this visitor relaxing and apparently in deep thought. Looking at his fingers, he may be a distant relative to ET. 

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5.15.2021: Although our Wedding Anniversary date is May 18th, Janet & I renewed our vows Saturday in front of a very small gathering of family. (Unlike the 40,000 or so of those who attended our Wedding Reception/Fox 97 Ultimate Oldies Concert at the Georgia Dome in 1996.) These past 25 years have flown by! I snapped this photo of my fun-loving and beautiful wife before she slipped into her wedding dress for our very casual and adlibbed ceremony. Is it any wonder why I was in such a hurry to renew our vows! (More photos coming from the renewal plus plenty of 1996 TBT pictures from that special day/concert so long ago.) I should also mention, just like back in 96, Janet sang to me during our vows. This time she sang, “Till There Was You” by the Beatles. I love you Janet Carner! 

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5.14.2021: Stately Spiff Garage. 

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5.13.2021: TBT: That time I went on a date with #PeterNoone who promised to buy me an ice cream cone at Bruster's. Only to find out, he doesn't carry money or credit cards. So we just stood around for a bit hoping someone would recognize one of us and lend us some cash. Nobody approached us. First dates are often very uncomfortable. 

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5.12.2021: On top of Kennesaw Mountain. 

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5.11.2021: Forrest would like to personally THANK everyone for their thoughts, puppy prayers and good vibes during his health scare. He may be one kidney down, but thanks to his Physical Therapy Trainer (Jenny), he is enjoying each and every day. 

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5.10.2021: "When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that." -- Dick Van Dyke 

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5.9.2021: One of my favorite photos of my mom doing what she did best … making everyone and everything around her happy. Miss you mom. Love you sooooooo much. Happy Heavenly Mother's Day. 

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5.8.2021: Little Kennesaw Mountain as seen from Kennesaw Mountain. 

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5.7.2021: My dragonfly in flight photos are improving. 

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5.6.2021: The Bicycle. 

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5.5.2021: If animals had senior pictures. 

“Fuzzy” Tail, Esquirrel … Class of 2021. This fall Fuzzy will be attending Oberlin College after receiving their much coveted “Rocket J. Squirrel” scholarship. Classmates describe Fuzzy as “one tough nut” and “ACORNy dude.” Fuzzy is known to friends for his indecisiveness, and on more than one occasion nearly met his death attempting to cross the road in front of the school. Favorite food: Anything in a bird feeder. Favorite band: The Squirrel Nut Zippers. 

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5.4.2021: Newly listed: One bedroom birdhouse with amazing view of sunsets. Looking for loving couple to raise a family and then vacate for winter cleaning. 

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5.3.2021: 

"What a filthy job." 

"Could be worse." 

"How?" 

"Could be raining." 

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5.2.2021: Forrest staking out his place on the couch. Yep, he's his old self again. 

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5.1.2021: "Sunny Day ... Sweepin' the clouds away." 

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4.30.2021: I find that people who play more than one bingo card to increase their odds of winning ... often do the same thing when fishing. 

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