By the time I set out on a late afternoon saunter to Piney Woods Church Road, the leaden skies had given way to a fine mist — not quite fog, and not quite a drizzle, but approaching what Thoreau called a “mizzling” rain. It was certainly not a day for sunset opportunities. Indeed, it was one of those days that I knew, sooner or later, would happen. Throughout most of the walk, I was accompanied by a small voice in my head, telling me that I was running out of photograph opportunities, and how silly I must be for thinking that this short gravel road outside Atlanta would somehow yield a trove of images and experiences. I persevered nonetheless, dutifully photographing a rock with lichens and mosses (not in sharp focus) and a single red greenbriar leaf against a background of tan-brown fallen leaves from last autumn. I photograph both of these every day now; be watching for when they appear in this blog. I was tempted to turn back early, satisfied with either the rock or the leaf, but I continued to where Piney Woods Church Road meets Hutcheson Ferry Road. Standing in a ditch beside the intersection, I took this photograph of moss with clinging water droplets, using my +4 macro lens. I am reminded, for some reason, of a rolling Irish landscape. Perhaps because it seems always to be raining in Ireland…..
