Saturday, March 22, 2025

Pic(k) of the Week: Vespers for Callery

Vespers for Callery

A copse of Callery pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) is limned by low-angle late-afternoon late-winter sun on the shores of Postal Pond.

Although beautiful when blooming, Callery pear trees —also known as Bradford pears— are considered invasive in the eastern and midwest United States. Plus, they stink!

Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 7 March 2025.


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Frank Morgan: A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
(Album: A Lovesome Thing, 1991)

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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Pic(k) of the Week: Flowering Quince, flowering in winter

Flowering Quince, flowering in winter

Native to China, a flowering quince shrub (Chaenomeles speciosa) blooms in winter, far from home.

Briarlake Forest Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 25 February 2025.


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Scott Joplin: Solace (Joshua Rifkin, piano)

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Saturday, March 08, 2025

Pic(k) of the Week: Pink gnome #7

Pink gnome no. 7

Pink gnome no. 7,
Whimsy on a front stoop.
Diagonally, I'm hip.

DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 1 March 2025.


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Blossom Dearie: I'm Hip

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Saturday, March 01, 2025

Pic(k) of the Week: High Alley

High alley

Mural and cityscape, up high.

As seen through the windows of the Skyway —connecting the Anne Cox Chambers Wing and Wieland Pavilion— of the High Museum of Art: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 9 February 2025.


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Bill Evans: Some Other Time (Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 1959)

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Pic(k) of the Week: Follow yellow line

Follow yellow line

A warehouse dock during golden hour.

As seen from the Stone Mountain Trail —a 19-mile urban pedestrian trail— in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 13 January 2025.


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Benny Carter: Crazy Rhythm (Further Definitions, 1962)

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