https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/06/EBM-20151231230000.jpg Rafting in low hanging river mist which appeared after a sudden downpour near the Ocoee Whitewater Center, US-64, Copperhill, TN These are a couple of photos made during a recent quick road trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Temperatures were in the upper 80s to low 90s. While we were driving along the Ocoee River whitewater…
https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/06/EBM-20210531061002.jpg Oak Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea Quercifolia) The Oak Leaf Hydrangea is native (first discovered in 1770) to the southeastern United States and can be generally found from North Carolina down to Florida. It’s often used as a potted plant, an ornamental shrub, or as a hedge found in gardens as well as parks. It does…
Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. John Galsworthy — Quiet Friends https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/06/EBM-20120428084529.jpg Maggie – 2012 – 4 years old Maggie (Mae) Moore died peacefully on 6/4/2021, surrounded by her heart-broken human parents….
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb a beauty weeps the brave. — Joseph Rodman Drake https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/05/EBM-20120526093924.jpg “Honored Graves” The American Holiday Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It honors those who died while serving in the U.S. military. The…
https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/05/EBM-20210524112650.jpg Broken, Angel Wings (Caladium Bicolor) The Angel Wing plant is obviously named because of the shape of its leaves. This particular bicolored specimen has had a rough spring as many leaves are torn or have pieces missing. Hence, I named this photo “Broken Angel Wings.” However, the phrase “broken angel wings” also brought to…
https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/05/EBM-20210524112301.jpg Garden petunia (Petunia atkinsiana) This past Monday morning, the weather was nice, and I was feeling an urge to make some photos, which I haven’t felt in a while. Bonnie used our car for most of the day, so my choices of what to photograph were limited by how far I was willing to…