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  • The Look Back: Quintessential Summer Childhood

    The Look Back: Quintessential Summer Childhood

    Children at play in Ellis Square bring back my Baltimore summers.

    Bronze-edged doorways lead toward a sunlit garden path, with a bronze compass and winding line in the upper-right shadows.

    Travel with me to the Past… Read with me in the Present

    The Look Back 2013-2019: October 2014

    First published October 25, 2014. Revisited with a new reflection.

    We’re going back to October 2014, to children splashing in the fountains at Historic Savannah’s Ellis Square.

    I was strolling through the square when I captured what I called the quintessential images of summer childhood fun. Looking at them again, I have fond memories of being a child myself. Different city, different years, but I knew that excitement long before I ever raised a camera in Savannah.

    A chance to cool off

    Give children a chance to cool off on a hot day and see what happens!

    Children play among ground-level fountain jets in Ellis Square, with a child crouching in the foreground and sunlight reflecting on wet paving.
    Watching them, I remember how hard it was to be finished playing in the water.

    Growing up poor in Baltimore, Maryland in the ’70s and ’80s, we had our own version of this.

    Yup, good old fun. Ours started with a neighborhood fire hydrant.

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    What I notice now

    Looking back through the photographs from that time, I found more of the children at play. The sheer joy of youth! In one frame they’re running through the spray; in another, a child has settled right down among the fountains.

    Wide view of children playing among tall fountain jets in Ellis Square, with people seated along the low wall and buildings behind them.
    A whole square to stroll through, and here’s where the fun is happening!

    The shadow and light are at play too. Children become silhouettes while the water catches the sun. I can look at the droplets suspended in the air, then find myself thinking about the water we played in back home.

    During those hot Baltimore summers, parents in the neighborhood would open the fire hydrants. All the children, no matter who they were, would play and splash in the water in the street. This was before the specially built splash fountains I see in public places now. We were happy with what came pouring out of that hydrant!

    Backlit children stand and crouch among fountain jets, with bright droplets, dark silhouettes, and reflections across the wet paving.
    Even with their faces in shadow, I recognize that kind of play.

    Then there was the excitement of school letting out for summer and the city opening the community pools for everyone. It only got better when I actually learned how to swim!

    I don’t remember paid swimming lessons for kids at our pool back then. I guess you had to go to a YMCA for that. What I do remember is how much I enjoyed being in the water once I could swim.

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    A moment from the original: Water frozen in place

    Sunlit fountain jets surround a standing child at left and a seated child in a coral-colored swimsuit near the foreground.
    The camera stopped the water. I doubt the children stayed still for long!

    Back in 2014 I wrote:

    “Motion is still life as time slows to crawl.”

    Looking at this photograph, I can see what caught my attention. Water frozen in place, with the children paused right along with it. The fountain would keep spraying and the children would keep playing, but I could hold on to this part.

    I’m glad I stopped to take these pictures. Twelve years later, they’ve brought back those Baltimore summers and the fun we had cooling off together. I went looking through photographs of Savannah and ended up remembering home.

    I’m glad for the memories I can share with others.

    Read the original “Daily Photo Challenge: Refraction – Ellis Square” — October 25, 2014 →

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    The Conversation Continues

    Come splash around in the memories with me.

    The Look Back and Throwback Thursday are the perfect categories to invoke memory and conversation. These pictures brought back fire hydrants and community pools for me. I am grateful for the ability to recall wonderful times growing up. You may have an entirely different place in mind.

    Where did you go to cool off and play when you were a child?

    I can still experience that child-like joy through these pictures, my memories, and the stories you share. I’ve told you about our Baltimore hydrants. I’d love to hear about your summers.

    📍Ellis Square, Savannah, Georgia

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    The Look Back, Child-like, Children at Play

    Captured with
    IPhone 5

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    Robert Snap Spot

  • Last photos I took for October 2026

    Last photos I took for October 2026

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    Last photos I took for October 2026

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    Last on the Card – Last Photo of the Month

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     “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

    Dorothea Lange

    Let’s take a peek, these are my last photos on the card.

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    From my iPhone 18 Pro Max.

    Neal and I took a day trip from historic downtown to south Georgia. We took our Farm Passport to Sweet Georgia Fuyu Persimmon in Glennville, Georgia. Georgia Grown Agritourism had us heading out of the city to learn about farms and buy straight from the farmers. Fresh harvested persimmons and dried persimmons.

    Three orange persimmons stacked on a wooden surface beside a clear bag of dried slices labeled Sweet Georgia Fuyu.
    Our Farm Passport took Neal and me to Sweet Georgia Fuyu in Glennville. Fresh persimmons and dried persimmons. A little of both came home with us!
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    Last on the Card Challenge

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    From my Canon EOS R100.

    Time to ring the meeting bell at The Effingham Methodist Campground, Springfield, Georgia. Memories from Neal’s youth in North Georgia had us exploring these campgrounds.

    Weathered metal bell on a white masonry pedestal beside a white building, beneath branches draped with Spanish moss and a blue sky.
    Known as a historic South Georgia gathering and camp meeting site for Methodists with deep roots in the region. This unique campground serves as a spiritual haven where individuals come together each July.
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    Exercise Your Photographer’s Eye

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    Ok photogs, I have to get back to “snappin” some pics. Looking forward to an amazing month! Laters!

    “What caught your eye last month or even right now? Tell me about it.”

    “Notice what is near. Reflect on what it awakens. Wander long enough for the ordinary to become unexpected. Oh yeah, take a camera with you!!!”

    — Robert

    📍Augusta, Georgia

    📍St, Augustine, Florida

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    Last on the Card

    Captured with
    iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Canon EOS R100

    Published by
    Robert Snap Spot

  • Veterans love Cookies!

    Veterans love Cookies!

    Marine Corps emblem and dress uniform cookies stand before a folded American flag in a triangular wooden case on red-and-white striped cloth.

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    Veterans love Cookies!

    Two cookies reporting for photo duty!

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    The Holidays · Sweet Treats – Tell Me Who Served

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    Thank a Veteran

    Do you know a veteran? You may already have one living next door.
    We are part of our communities, shopping in the same stores and stopping at the same bakeries.

    Neal and I were at one of our favorites when these cookies caught my eye.

    “A thank-you doesn’t need a ceremony. You can say it right where you are.”

    – Robert

    I retired from the US Army in 2009. It is not hard to spot themWhen you meet a veteran, take a moment to thank them for their courage, sacrifice, and service.

    And if they feel like talking, stay a little while and listen.

    Before the First Bite

    A Marine Corps emblem, made into a cookie. Just look at these sweet treats!
    I had to get a closer look at Ally’s handiwork before any munching could begin.

    Close view of a round Marine Corps cookie with a yellow icing border, white lettering, and an eagle, globe, and anchor design.
    Just look at the work that went into this cookie. Even the lettering is icing!

    There were no Army cookies on display, so this retired soldier decided to pay tribute to the Marine Corps. You know, I think my fellow veterans can appreciate that choice!

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    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    Beauty of a Folded Flag

    Looking at the stars behind the glass, I thought about the families who receive a flag after saying goodbye to someone who served. The flag draped over a veteran’s casket, or placed with an urn, honors that person’s military service. During military funeral honors, it is carefully folded and presented to the next of kin. The family carries that flag home with them, a keepsake of their loved one’s service.

    Close view of white embroidered stars on the blue field of a folded American flag behind glass in a triangular wooden case.
    Those stars had my attention long before the cookies came home.

    Flags also mark the completion of a military career. In 1998, Congress established the requirement to present a United States flag to Army members retiring from active duty. That recognition honors years given to the country while the veteran begins life after military service. My own Army retirement came in 2009, after 23 years. When I look at my flag, I think of the people I served beside, especially my brothers of 3-7th Infantry, Fort Stewart.

    A folded American flag in a triangular wooden display case sits on striped cloth, surrounded by red placemats and a green table covering.
    A familiar place at home for something that means a great deal to me.

    Support Veterans and Bakeries

    Neal and I made a return trip to Rincon, Georgia, and stopped at one of our favorite morning places, Ally’s Bakery. We have come to think of them a family. If you are in town, why would you not stop by and greet everyone with a smile.

    Veterans Day was quickly approaching, and Ally had the occasion covered. She literally covered delicious cookies with stunning artwork honoring the military and the troops who serve. I thought of their families, too. There in the display were sweet treats that deserved a good look. “Ok, I’ll take two please!”

    A star-shaped cookie decorated with red-and-white stripes and white stars on blue icing overlaps a round Marine Corps cookie in a bakery display.
    Ally had Veterans Day covered, right down to the cookies.

    “Ally did the baking. This veteran brought the appetite and a camera.”

    Once I got my art pieces home, it was not time to munch, for I had a creative idea in my mind. My folded flag would be the backdrop for these two Marine Corps cookies. I could photograph Ally’s work and pay tribute to my fellow veterans at the same time. So I stood the cookies in front of the case and got to work.

    Cool huh?

    A bakery stop had turned into a photo session at home. The cookies would have to wait a little longer.

    A round Marine Corps emblem cookie with blue, red, white, and yellow icing rests partly inside a white paper bag.
    “Ok, I’ll take two please!” This was one of them.
    A rectangular cookie decorated as a blue military dress jacket, with red piping, yellow buttons, and a white belt, rests in a white paper bag.
    The second cookie came dressed for the occasion.
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    Cookies Worth Another Look

    Here are a few more views, because I wasn’t finished with these two yet.

    A round Marine Corps emblem cookie stands centered before a folded American flag in a wooden case on red-and-white striped cloth.
    One cookie, my flag, and another reason to pick up the camera.
    Vertical close-up of a blue dress uniform cookie with piped pockets, yellow buttons, red trim, and a white belt, with flag stars behind it.
    Buttons, pockets, a belt. Ally gave me plenty to photograph before the first bite.
    A blue military uniform cookie stands upright in front of a triangular wooden case containing a folded American flag.
    I backed up a little to let the flag have its place in the photograph.

    The closer I looked, the more of Ally’s icing work I wanted to show you.
    Good thing photographs last longer than cookies! Yes, I confess… I ate the cookies!

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    To Those Beside Me

    For Veterans Day 2026, I salute all veterans and fallen heroes, their families, and the people who supported them through their service.

    Wider view of Marine Corps emblem and uniform cookies before a triangular flag case on striped cloth, with red placemats around the display.
    To my fellow veterans, from one who still remembers the people beside him.

    My Brothers of 3-7th Infantry, Fort Stewart, you are forever in my heart.

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    More than a Holiday!

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    Ok, so one day a year is just not enough time. I’ve shared a bit of my Army life here, and there’s room for your military memories, too. Leave a name or a memory in the comments, and come back to meet the people our readers are honoring. I honor them all. Next time I may even share a cookie or two.

    Where did you or a relative serve, and for how long?

    “November 11 has passed. You can still make today the day you thank a veteran” Be sure to thank a Veteran Today!

    — Robert

    📍Ally’s Bakery, Rincon, Georgia

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    The Holidays · Sweet Treats

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

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    Robert Snap Spot

  • Moon Rise over Telfair Square

    Moon Rise over Telfair Square

    An orange full moon above a red-brick building near Telfair Square, Savannah, framed by a pale building with dark shutters and a leafy tree.

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    Moon Rise over Telfair Square

    An evening beneath Savannah’s moon

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    Wordless Wednesday – Evening/Night Photography – Savannah Squares

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    A Closer Look at Our Evening Visitor

    A closer view of an orange full moon above a brick rooftop and chimney, with a pale wall at left and dark foliage at lower right.
    A closer look, because I wasn’t quite ready to say goodnight.
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    Hello Man in the Moon

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    It is one of those magic, not planned moments that just happens. Stand and be. The pull of the moon and the quiet of the evening require nothing from me.

    Set the scene for me. Take me back to a memorable evening beneath the night sky, and tell me what made you want to stay.

    “It is impossible not to pause in gratitude as the full moon crests our historic brick skyline.“

    — Robert

    📍Telfair Square, Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Wordless Wednesday, Night Photography, Savannah Squares,

    Captured with
    iPhone 15 Pro Max

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  • Winter and Christmas Cassia

    Winter and Christmas Cassia

    Wide view of branches covered in yellow flowers and oval green leaflets, with blue sky and sunlight shining through near the upper right.

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    Winter and Christmas Cassia

    A lunch trip to Cahill’s Market with a stop for the flowers

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    The Flower Hour – A creekside splash of yellow at Cahill’s

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    Lunch Brought Me Here

    On November 6, 2023, I from Savannah, crossed over the bridge, to Cahill’s Market & Chicken Kitchen on May River Road in Bluffton, South Carolina, for lunch. This place is a working farm, so I always remember to bring my camera and have my iPhone ready for the plants, animals, and whatever vegetables in season.

    I found these yellow flowers growing near the creek running through the property. So gorgeous! Well, no matter how good lunch was, it now had some competition!

    Close-up of clustered yellow flowers with long curved stamens and unopened green buds, against blurred foliage and patches of blue sky.
    Those curled flower centers deserve a closer look. Quite a fancy arrangement for something growing beside a creek!

    Look at those long, curved stamens reaching out from the petals, with unopened buds tucked in below.

    I had plenty of yellow in the photographs. Now I needed a name.

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    A Flower with a Holiday Name

    Time for handy-dandy Google visual search and my go-to, iNaturalist app’s visual search.
    My iNaturalist observation currently lists Christmas senna (Senna pendula), though it still carries “Needs ID,” so I’m keeping that identification tentative.

    Yellow flowers and rounded buds beneath oval green leaflets, with a separate open bloom at lower right and softly blurred branches behind.
    Christmas flowers in yellow? I can make room for that.

    There is some name confusion here: Senna pendula is often mistaken for Senna bicapsularis, the plant commonly called winter cassia. University of Florida’s “Cassia Confusion” explains the distinction.

    I went looking for a flower name and came back with homework. That wasn’t on the lunch menu!

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    Flowers with Seasonal Names

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    A flower with Christmas in its name gets my attention, especially when it turns up wearing yellow. All this talk of Christmas and Thanksgiving has not arrived nor been celebrated yet! Bring me a flower name worth remembering; I may need to add it to my next search.

    Tell me, if you will, the best flower name you’ve ever heard

    “I travel to eat, but I keep looking for the next floral delight. My camera always orders something on the side.”

    — Robert

    📍May River Road, Bluffton, South Carolina

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    The Flower Hour Joining The Flower Hour #56: Fun with Sunflowers, hosted Tuesdays by Terri at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives. Visit The Flower Hour challenge page to join in with your own floral photographs.

    Captured with
    iPhone 15 Pro Max

    Published by
    Robert Snap Spot

  • Keep Your Keys Close

    Keep Your Keys Close

    Close-up of silver keys on a dark park table with circular openings, beside a black AirTag holder and a coiled wristband.

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    Keep Your Keys Close

    A Snack Break and a Closer Look

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    Monochrome Monday, Ordinary Life – A Snack Break and a Closer Look

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    Hiding in Plain Sight

    Silver keys and a metal key ring catch the light amid deep shadows, with a black AirTag holder at left and a coiled wristband in the foreground.
    Right there beside me. A useful detail to remember when I check every pocket later.

    I Have Photographic Evidence

    Tightly framed keys and overlapping metal rings at the lower right of a perforated park table, with warm highlights and a black coiled wristband along the bottom.
    If I forget where I put them, please refer me to this photograph.
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    Lost Keys, Not Today

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    “Where did I put them?” Those keys had my full attention at the table. Keeping track of them after that is where the AirTag earns its place. Tell me about your own search party.

    Where’s the oddest place you’ve found your keys?

    “I give things a safe place in my house. Then I give the AirTag the job of telling me where that is.”

    — Robert

    📍Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Monochrome Monday, Ordinary Life

    Captured with
    Canon EOS R100

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    Robert Snap Spot

  • Fruit Bowl, Morning Light

    Fruit Bowl, Morning Light

    A glass bowl of spotted bananas and red apples sits beneath a window on a veined marble counter, with bright curved light patterns and long shadows stretching toward the foreground.

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    Fruit Bowl, Morning Light

    Nine o’clock sunlight, served in glass.

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    Still Life – Cellpic Sunday

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    Don’t Eat the Art

    At 9 am, sunlight spills through the window and catches a gorgeous glass bowl filled with ripe bananas and apples.

    Look at how that light is spreading across the marble! The fruit sits partly in silhouette, with bright edges catching my eye. Folks, I did not pre-arrange or set up this shot. I discovered it exactly like this, and suddenly there is a lot to consider before reaching for an apple.

    “I can reach for an apple in a minute. First, look at what the light is doing.”

    – Robert

    Do I study this moment, photograph it, paint it or just eat some fruit?

    Well, the iPhone 18 Pro Max gets a turn first; I would quite like to keep this arrangement of shadows. As you know, morning light changes and moves in a heartbeat!

    It seems my morning is off to an interesting start!

    The Shadows Get a Sitting

    A closer view gives those shadows more room to show off, stretching well beyond the bowl that holds the fruit. I can see the appeal of painting a still life when there is this much to study in a few apples and bananas.

    Though I suspect I would still be choosing paint colors when the sunlight moved on.

    Close view of apples and ripe bananas in a glass bowl, backlit by a window, with elongated fruit shadows and bright arcs of light across the marble counter.
    Those bananas have quite a stage presence for something on the breakfast menu.

    The glass sends bright curves across the counter, right alongside those long, dark shapes.
    I’m glad I took the photograph before making any changes to the breakfast exhibit.

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    THIS WEEK I NOTICED

    Marble vs Light

    There are several clocks at work on this counter. The marble looks in no hurry at all. The sunlight has a much shorter appointment, and those ripe bananas are giving fairly clear instructions about when they ought to be eaten. I have caught them all together at a particularly good hour. So poetic, wouldn’t you agree?

    Morning light through windows keeps turning up in my photographs. I can walk past familiar things often enough to stop seeing them, then a patch of sunlight sends me back for another look. This time, it has me admiring the surface where I might otherwise be setting down breakfast. Hard marble vs spectrally bent light. What a play of shadow and light!

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    Kitchen or Art Gallery

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    I don’t need a special gallery pass today! There is room beside my fruit bowl for whatever catches your eye at home. Take another look around this week, and bring your discovery back here.

    What in your kitchen deserves a frame?

    “There are days my creative morning starts before breakfast. On this one, breakfast was the subject. ”

    — Robert

    📍 Skidaway Island, savannah, Georgia

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    Still Life, Cellpic Sunday

    Joining John’s Cellpic Sunday

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

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  • Pelican Craft

    Pelican Craft

    Close-up of a wooden pelican’s cream-colored head and brown bill, with a cracked finish, blurred river, and ceiling-light reflections behind it.

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    Pelican Craft

    Coastal decor with a Moon River view

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    Sculpture Saturday – Rivers – Reflections – Look who has a place at the dinner table!

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    A Pelican at the Table

    The carving caught my eye first, a wooden pelican taking center stage on a home’s dinner table.
    With Moon River beyond the massive window, he had quite a backdrop for his portrait.

    Wooden pelican sculpture on a block base on a dinner table, with Moon River beyond the window and two rows of reflected ceiling lights above.
    This dinner guest comes with his own perch.

    Those glowing dots above his head are ceiling lights reflected in the glass. I managed to fit a lot into this photo!

    Brown pelicans live along Georgia’s coast; this wooden fellow has settled comfortably indoors. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) Chances are, If you live near the water, you have seen these large billed birds following fishing boats or floating, more like gliding just about the waves.

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    Coastal Art for Your Home

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    I can see the appeal of giving a pelican a place at the table. A favorite piece of decor can bring a bit of the outdoors home, even when the view through your window is quite different.

    What’s your decorating motif: beach, mountains, or changing with the seasons?

    “I live in coastal Georgia, and love nature decor”

    — Robert

    📍Skidaway Island, Moon River, Savannah, Georgia

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    Sculpture Saturday, Rivers, Reflections

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

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  • Open Road: Painted Clouds

    Open Road: Painted Clouds

    Towering white clouds rise above a tree-lined highway, with blue sky and thin cloud streaks overhead and distant vehicles below.

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    Open Road: Painted Clouds

    We will be home soon, but look at that sky!

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    Open Road – Friday Driving – Weekend Sky

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    State Road through Soperton

    We were traveling home to Savannah from Macon on June 30, 2021, passing the Soperton area along I-16. Believe it or not, this was one of the few times I wasn’t driving!

    With Neal behind the wheel, I had my 11-inch iPad Pro on my lap to work on blogging. It gives “Blogging on the Go” a whole new meaning. Peering up from my work, the expansive view of road, trees, vehicles and sky interrupts my flow. I’m ready, raising the iPad, “Snap!” Guess who just captured multiple shots and then got back to the blog?

    We would be home soon, but look at those clouds!

    “How my mind wanders as I watch the miles go by with all that going on above them?”

    – Robert
    Highway lanes narrow toward the horizon beneath a large white cloud bank, with trees on both sides and a speed limit 70 sign on the right.
    That sign is for the driver. I’m busy looking up!

    I-16 has another name, State Route 404, its hidden state route designation across Georgia. Neal and I have booked some serious miles on this road over the years.

    Looking ahead, the highway kept pointing us toward Savannah. Looking above it, those huge white clouds looked like they had been painted by Bob Ross himself!

    I was quite happy with my assignment: sit beside Neal and take pictures.

    Sky meets Road

    Look at how the lane markings and the rows of trees draw your eye toward the same distant point.
    Then those clouds rise above it, making the highway look tiny.

    A divided highway stretches toward towering white clouds, with oncoming cars across the grassy median and a truck ahead near the horizon.
    I can follow those lines all the way into the clouds. Getting home looks pretty good from here.

    That’s the perspective I wanted to catch, the road disappearing beneath all that sky.
    Even the truck ahead gives you a sense of just how much cloud we were looking at!

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    A Little More Sky, Please

    Here’s a closer look at what had me reaching for the iPad. Those bright edges and gray folds give the clouds so much shape.

    A close view of a towering white cloud formation with gray folds and rounded edges, framed by dark treetops beneath blue sky.
    Bob Ross would have needed plenty of white paint for this one!

    I could keep looking through this photograph and finding another curl or shadow.
    You can see why one snap wasn’t going to do it!

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    Open Road invites Photography

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    Travel has me wanting to carry a camera wherever I go. “It’s not just the destination”, yeah that’s been said before! I don’t mind capturing the journey along the way.

    What roadside discovery made you want to pull over for a photo, or does that just happen to me?

    “You drive and I’ll let my eyes wander!”

    — Robert

    📍Hyw 16, SR 404, Soperton, Georgia

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    Open Road, Friday Driving, Weekend Sky,

    Joining the Weekend Sky photography challenge hosted by Blog of Hammad Rais.

    Captured with
    iPad Pro

    Published by
    Robert Snap Spot

  • Love and Locks

    Love and Locks

    Close-up of a red heart-shaped padlock engraved “Z + C” and “2026,” with part of its silver shackle against blurred greenery.

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    Love and Locks

    Love is in the air! Love is locked in place!

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    Savannah’s Squares – Ordinary Life – Pull Up A Seat

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    Love in the Square

    Neal and I were on an afternoon walk through historic downtown Savannah when we turned toward home and passed through Greene Square. Something bright red on one arm of a bench caught my eye. We stopped for a closer look, and there it was: a heart-shaped lock marked “Z + C 2026.” Well, somebody had left a little love in the square!

    “I stopped to look at a lock and found myself wishing two strangers a lifetime of happiness.”

    – Robert

    I can imagine their excitement as proclamations of enduring love were made and that lock “clicked” tight. Love locks are meant to symbolize a lasting commitment, and these two had chosen a Savannah bench for theirs. (Now where did they put that key? Ha Ha!) I don’t know this couple, but I hope their love is as strong as this lock and as celebrated as Savannah’s historic squares!

    Red heart-shaped lock attached to an ornate black metal bench arm beside wooden slats, with green plants and a yellow vehicle behind it.
    We were headed home. This bright red heart earned a photography stop.

    The Love Seat

    Take a seat and have a look at where we found that heart.
    From this side, you could almost miss the red peeking out behind the bench arm.

    Weathered wooden bench with a decorative black metal arm, a partly hidden red lock, and scattered nuts and acorn caps on the seat.
    A seat for two? There’s room, once you make a few adjustments to the squirrel’s table setting.

    There’s room to sit, though somebody seems to have left a few snacks behind! Pecāns or Pecǎns, please don’t start that fight here! It’s a “Southern” thing!

    I wonder how many people have rested here without noticing Z + C’s addition.

    Two Initials, One Hope

    Of course, I had to move in closer with the camera. I could read the initials and the year, but that was all I knew about the people who put them there. A private moment in a public place.

    Tight crop of a red heart-shaped lock showing scratched initials “Z + C” and part of the year inscription against blurred green plants.
    Two initials and a year. I’ll leave the rest of their story for them to tell.

    Was this a favorite bench, or did they discover it on a walk together? Was the question asked here, on one knee? Well, I can just imagine hearing the joyful, “Yes”, “Yes, I will, Yes”!

    I like imagining them coming back one afternoon to check on their heart. Savannah will keep your heart in good hands, I promise!

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    THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

    A Love So Strong

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    A love so strong that you want to leave a sign of it somewhere special. I can understand that feeling. Our stop beside this bench has me wondering what you’ve noticed from a park seat.

    What unexpected discovery has made you smile while sitting in a park?

    “You never know who might sit down beside you or whether that park bench might become part of your love story.”

    — Robert

    📍Greene Square, Savannah, Georgia

    Collection
    Savannah’s Squares, Ordinary Life, Pull Up A Seats

    Joining XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge — 2026, Week #44.

    Captured with
    iPhone 18 Pro Max

    Published by
    Robert Snap Spot