Botanicals #3

Botanicals #2

Botanicals #1

Saturday Morning - Weather

Greene County, Virginia 

"Of course weather is necessary to a narrative of human experience. That is conceded. But it ought to be put where it will not be in the way; where it will not interrupt the flow of the narrative. And it ought to be the ablest weather that can be had, not ignorant, poor-quality, amateur weather. Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article of it. The present author can do only a few trifling ordinary kinds of weather, and he cannot do those very good. So it has seemed wisest to borrow such weather as is necessary for the book from qualified and recognized experts-giving credit, of course. This weather will be found over in the back part of the book, out of the way. (See Appendix). The reader is requested to turn over and help himself from time to time as he goes along"

Mark Twain - The American Claimant

Gazania

Greene County, Virginia 

Not sure how this ganazia came to be in our garden, since we did not plant it. Perhaps a bird carried a seed in from a neighbor's yard. Gazanias are members of the Asteraceae family which includes daisies and asters, and are native to South Africa.

Hope you have an enjoyable and safe weekend, and thanks for reading Photography In Place.

Grand Gulf Military Park - Blacksmith Shop

Claiborne County, Mississippi

Grand Gulf Military Park - Meadow

Claiborne County, Mississippi 

It was a hot and humid morning when I left Vicksburg and took Highway 61 south towards Port Gibson. My plan was to spend a couple of hours at Grand Gulf Military Park, then spend the rest of the day taking pictures in Port Gibson. At lunch time, I was still at Grand Gulf and nowhere near being done. It was after four o'clock before I finished—Port Gibson would have to wait.

Across from the park entrance there is an open field, full of colorful weeds and wildflowers that had caught my eye when I was driving in. I walked over to take some pictures. When I was done I packed the camera in the car and then stopped in the visitor center/museum to say goodbye. "We've been watching you across the road. What on earth were you taking pictures of in that field?"

"The colors over there are quite beautiful," I said.

"You should have been here last week. The colors were really something then."