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  • 🍀 HAPPY ST. PATRICK DAY 2026🍀 A Park Away!

    🍀 HAPPY ST. PATRICK DAY 2026🍀 A Park Away!

    The Holidays – Travel – State Park Adventuring

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    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

    You have found me on this St. Pats Day having taken another one of our great escapes from the “madness”, I mean the celebration that grips and transforms Savannah.

    Now before we set off on the road though Neal decorated our little apartment with some celebratory green.

    A decorative St. Patrick's Day door hanger featuring a flag that reads 'Happy St. Patrick's Day' and several green shamrock-shaped ornaments with the word 'Welcome.'
    A decorative St. Patrick's Day hanging sign featuring a green and orange flag that says 'Happy St. Patrick's Day', a green glittery hat labeled 'Welcome', and various green shamrocks, some with polka dots, hanging from a hook on a white door.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    A dining table set with a green tablecloth and matching placemats, featuring a decorative arrangement of flowers with a green bow, a decorative bowl, and a unique centerpiece, all set against a pastel pink wall and a window with blinds.
    A decorative table setting featuring two wooden bowls on a round bamboo platter, adorned with a lace doily and green beaded garland, alongside a festive shamrock decoration and vibrant green table runner.
    A glass vase holding yellow lily buds, adorned with a green polka dot bow. The vase is placed on a wooden surface, next to a decorative bowl and an ornate glass container, with a lace doily underneath.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.

    This year our great escape took us to place that is always celebrating green.

    A scenic view of a wide two-lane highway stretching ahead, lined with trees on both sides, under a partly cloudy sky.

    Well where did we go you ask? Follow the signs.

    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    Road sign indicating Magnolia Springs State Park is 5 miles ahead, with a blue sky and clouds in the background.
    Roadside sign for Magnolia Springs State Park, indicating it is 2 miles ahead, surrounded by trees and clear blue sky.
    A view of a highway with a sign for Magnolia Springs State Park, flanked by trees and vehicles on the road.
    Magnolia Springs State Park sign displayed on a stone structure with greenery in the background.

    Magnolia Springs State Park

    A U.S. flag and a Texas flag flying on poles against a blue sky with clouds, in front of a building and a parking area with a handicap sign.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    A forested area featuring tall pine trees against a clear blue sky with scattered clouds. Power lines extend into the scene.

    Our cabin away from home.

    A gray car parked in front of a single-story house surrounded by trees, featuring a ramp and multiple windows.

    Ok, we did a bit of decorating here too! Don’t laugh.

    A red sign displaying the number 9, adorned with a green beaded necklace, mounted on a wooden post.

    Travel buddies found a spot and wisteria cradled affirmations of love.

    A wooden table featuring three colorful plush toys: a gray dog with a heart tag, a bespectacled character in a blue shirt, and a pink monkey in a sweater. A candle with a label reading 'Tropical Volcano' is placed between the toys.
    A decorative arrangement of purple flowers in a jar, alongside a stone-like 'I love U' sculpture on a wooden table.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    A person walking towards a cabin surrounded by tall trees in a wooded area.

    You Can’t be in the great outdoors without a meal at a picnic table. Yum! An all natural centerpiece of pine cones, dogwood branch, tea olive branch and holly branch.

    A man with glasses sitting at a picnic table enjoying a meal outdoors, featuring a plate of steak, a salad, bread, and a glass of water, with a lantern and decorative elements on the table, surrounded by trees and open space.
    An elderly man sitting at an outdoor table holds a lantern, smiling at the camera. The background features a house and tall trees at dusk.
    A decorative arrangement featuring pinecones, green leaves, and white flowers on a blue striped tablecloth, with plates in the foreground.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    A person with a beard and glasses standing outdoors, balancing a bowl of pine cones on their head, wearing a gray t-shirt.
    A person holding a white bowl filled with large pinecones, with trees and a soft-focus background.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    An older man sitting on a green swing in a natural outdoor setting with trees in the background.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.

    The park has a natural spring that flows to a small dam.

    A turtle partially submerged in clear water, with its shell and head visible above the surface.
    Underwater view of several fish swimming above a sandy substrate with scattered rocks and aquatic vegetation.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.
    A small waterfall cascading over a stone barrier, with a metal railing on one side and a rocky bank in the foreground.
    Illustration of vintage cameras arranged in a row, with some cameras featuring a lightbulb or cube on top.

    Lake Magnolia offered paddle boats and fishing. We did not partake.

    Two paddle boats, one red and one blue, docked at a wooden pier on a calm water surface.
    Graphic illustration of several vintage cameras, some with light effects, arranged in a row.

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  • When Long Leaf Pine Ruled the Land

    When Long Leaf Pine Ruled the Land

    Have you seen one? Head to the woods!

    “Longleaf pine, is found in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southeastern Virginia to central Florida and west to eastern Texas, and in the Piedmont region and Valley and Ridge province of Georgia and Alabama.” [https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_pipa2.pdf]

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    Congaree National Park, Hopkins, South Carolina

    Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen, Georgia

    After reading “The Ecology of A Cracker Childhood” by Janisse Ray, (Great book! I recommend it!), I began to notice these magnificent trees were all around Georgia, not just in the state parks.

    “Longleaf Pine, reaches a height of 98–115 ft and a diameter of 28 in. Longleaf Pine takes 100 to 150 years to become full size and may live to 500 years old.” [https://www.augustaga.gov/1645/Longleaf-Pine]

    Its leaves or needles grow 10 to 18 inches long, in crowded clusters of 3 to a sheath; cones are 6 to 10 inches long and dull brown.

    The Southern Documentary Project: Longleaf, The Heart Of Pine View the video below.

    Have you seen a long leaf pine around?

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    Young Long Leaf Pine, Hitchcock Woods, Aiken, South Carolina

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  • Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine (Throwback Thursday)

    Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine (Throwback Thursday)

    Throwback Thursday and Thursday Trees are together at last! Hope you enjoy!

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    “Longleaf pine, is found in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southeastern Virginia to central Florida and west to eastern Texas,
    and in the Piedmont region and Valley and Ridge province of Georgia and Alabama.” [https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_pipa2.pdf]

    Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen, Georgia

    After reading “The Ecology of A Cracker Childhood” by Janisse Ray, (Great book! I recommend it!), I began to notice these magnificent trees were all around Georgia, not just in the state parks.

    “Longleaf Pine, reaches a height of 98–115 ft and a diameter of 28 in. Longleaf Pine takes 100 to 150 years to become full size and may live to 500 years old.” [https://www.augustaga.gov/1645/Longleaf-Pine]

    Its leaves or needles grow 10 to 18 inches long, in crowded clusters of 3 to a sheath; cones are 6 to 10 inches long and dull brown.

    The Southern Documentary Project: Longleaf, The Heart Of Pine View the video below.

    Have you seen a long leaf pine around?

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  • Sunset through a Forest

    Sunset through a Forest

    Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen, Georgia.

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  • Macro Monday: Dragonfly by the Springs

    Macro Monday: Dragonfly by the Springs

    Dragonfly resting on wooden railing near the natural springs at Magnolia Springs State Park, Georgia.

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  • Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine

    Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine

    https://www.happinessandfood.com/thursdaytreelove-85

    “Longleaf pine, is found in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southeastern Virginia to central Florida and west to eastern Texas, and in the Piedmont region and Valley and Ridge province of Georgia and Alabama.” Facts about Long Leaf.

    Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen, Georgia

    After reading “The Ecology of A Cracker Childhood” by Janisse Ray, (Great book! I recommend it!), I began to notice these magnificent trees were all around Georgia, not just in the state parks.

    “Longleaf Pine, reaches a height of 98–115 ft and a diameter of 28 in. Longleaf Pine takes 100 to 150 years to become full size and may live to 500 years old.” [https://www.augustaga.gov/1645/Longleaf-Pine]

    Its leaves or needles grow 10 to 18 inches long, in crowded clusters of 3 to a sheath; cones are 6 to 10 inches long and dull brown.

    The Southern Documentary Project: Longleaf, The Heart Of Pine View the video below.

    Have you seen a long leaf pine around?

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  • Wordless Wednesday: Social Distancing at Magnolia Springs State Park

    Wordless Wednesday: Social Distancing at Magnolia Springs State Park

    So how are you doing to committing to Social Distancing? Tell me about. Share a little.

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