On my journey back toward home down Piney Woods Church Road, an unexpected brown and white horse trotted over to the barbed wire fence in a pasture that had previously been empty. The horse seemed enthused about receiving attention, perhaps because he or she (I did not bother to investigate which) was all alone in the field. I suspect I will visit with him to provide head and neck scritchings on many future walks.
I had a marvelous time exploring Piney Woods Church Road this morning. Strange to say, I walked the its length hundreds of times with our dogs before I began this project, and I was bored with it and really wanted to be anyplace but there. Yet since beginning this project 100 days ago, every day I have found joy and delight exploring this 4/10-mile gravel road. Today I left my wristwatch at home, and spent an hour and a half exploring the early morning light. Here are a few more photographs from my day’s adventures.
Today remained cold, and our car remained garaged. In the late afternoon, I set out to explore the local landscape, in search of snowy scenes to photograph — an opportunity that comes to Piedmont Georgia once every few years at most. My tranquil surroundings felt so far removed from all the scenes of highway gridlock around Atlanta last night and today, with drivers stuck in their cars for tens of hours, struggling to get home. I was already home, and at home, in the comfortable countryside of Piney Woods Church Road. This photograph captures the mood well — a pastoral scene with winter trees and fields, with a horse peacefully feeding on hay in the foreground.
