March 30, 2017

Here is a picture taken the other day from The Attic Restaurant in Clarkesville, GA.  I have taken pictures in the restaurant before and went back because I love the textures on the walls.  Although we did not eat lunch there on Monday, it is a great eatery.

One picture, two portrayals.  I happened to like both very much and know that most would have an opinion why they preferred one over the other.  "I do not like black and white" or "I love black and white photos"cannot be used as an answer to the following.  I know... De-ja-vu all over again... This is not the first time for me to ask, but ...  Remember to click on a picture to enlarge them.

Why do you prefer on over the other?  Does one elicit a feeling or impression?  If you were to enter one of these in a Photo Challenge" entitled Geometric Shapes, which would you enter?

With no bearing on the above, I have included a third picture that has geometric shapes, also in consideration, that I took for the challenge.  It is the clock tower at the Cumming, GA City Hall.

March 28, 2017

It was sprinkling when we left the house to go to Clarkesville, GA, a little town that was named "Best Place to Retire" by Rand McNally around 1996.  Lots of little shops, antique venues, and a number of nice luncheon spots.

The first picture of a mural is inside the Midtown Grille, noted for their burgers and home-made potato chips.  Very please.  I was able to get a burger the way I enjoy it, with three kinds of cheese and mustard and relish.  No of the lettuce, tomato, onions and etc.

The next three pictures are from The Attic Restaurant,  We have eaten there before and liked it greatly.  I went there later in the day to get Linda a bowl of Chicken Corn Chowder for the trip home.  As expected, she like it!

Following this, we visited the Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church built around 1883 and to wee an old structure at the Visitors Center; The Mauldin House.

March 23, 2017

These photos of the Delta Flight Museum are of the Jet Engine Era and I concentrated on "The Spirit of Delta," the airplane that the employees purchased for the company during a difficult economic time.  A great story!  Kudos to the employees.

The area inside the ship (airline terminology) from the cockpit to the First Class section is preserved and the remainder has many displays of items of this period of time.

The third picture has me taking a picture of the underside of the ship of the reflections.

The picture of Linda and Lucy puts into perspective the size of one of the engines.

Lastly, at first, I thought that they we filming a Tom Cruise movie, but ... Tom does not wear a hat.

March 22, 2017

We visited the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta and these pictures are a sampling from the Propeller Era.

1.  Welcome to the Delta Flight Museum.
2.  This is the first hanger for Delta, which is not part of the museum. 
3.  Delta started out as a crop dusting company and this is a crop duster airplane.
4.  A propeller engine with about 12 pistons.
5.  An early airplane which had a range of about 500 miles.
6.  A restored original Delta airplane.
7.  There are many display cases that have memorabilia depicting artifacts from the early years.

Albeit this phrase is from cigarette advertisement from almost 50 years ago,  "You've come a long way, baby," this is a reality in the the airline industry...except for the food service 😩.

March 21, 2017

Yesterday was the First Day of Spring and we had an opportunity to go to the Delta Air Museum in Atlanta.  More pictures from the museum tomorrow, but these were taken on the trip home traveling about 55 mph and, no, I was not driving.  I did purchase a new camera on Ebay, a Nikon D750, which I used for these photos.

But first, I had to include one picture from the museum.  I was caption this first photo, FROM THIS TO PEANUTS...  Can you imagine what we would be eating on and airplane if progress that had effected the airline industry included the amenities?

The second photo is of the dismantling of Turner field.  The third photo is of one of the buildings in Atlanta's skyline and the fourth is from the 1996 Olympics.  The last photos are of the 'King and Queen' buildings.

March 18, 2017

It has been over two weeks since the last posting of pictures.  Guess what???  I went to Gibbs Gardens again today knowing that it was a dank, overcast day.  Although the daffodils are in a transition from the early bloomers to the later bloomers, one can always find something to photograph.  I tried to get some shots from different angles.

I have noticed that some of the potted plants have parsley in the pots and I asked Jim Gibbs if it had a purpose of keeping something from the plants and he said that is was only there to fill in the pots and to give contrast to the pansies.  This led me to think that some spices, such as parsley, basil, rosemary, and others could be incorporated in potted plants for this as well as having a convenient spice garden.

Here are a few of the pictures taken today.

March 2, 2017

I went back to Gibbs Gardens today, while Linda was at a Ladies Bible Study.  I did not know about the view of Holly Hill Mountain previously.  I saw a picture of the view and asked how to get there.  The second and third pictures were taken from there as well.  It is the highest point of the gardens.  There is a tram ($ 5.00/person) that takes people up there but I hiked it.

The bridge is on the trail up to the top and the picture of the rocks is the dam of the pond which the gazebo sets on a small peninsula.  It did take individual pictures of various daffodils and will post them some time later.  These will go by the wayside soon and later blooming daffodils will be blossoming soon.