DAILY PHOTO: Capoeira Demonstration

Taken in 2011 at the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia

Taken in 2011 at the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia

Capoeira is a Brazilian system of movement that mixes elements of dance with elements of martial arts.

DAILY PHOTO: Gregarious Darth Vader on a Sunny Day

Taken at the 2011 DragonCon Parade in Atlanta

Taken at the 2011 DragonCon Parade in Atlanta

DAILY PHOTO: Buford Dam

The Chattahoochee at Lake Lanier

The Chattahoochee at Lake Lanier

DAILY PHOTO: “Look at that Big Ole Building”

Taken in downtown Atlanta in November of 2012

Taken in downtown Atlanta in November of 2012

DAILY PHOTO: Jekyll Island Live Oak

The underside of a Live Oak.

The underside of a Live Oak.

There’s nothing that creepifies a place more than live oaks and Spanish moss. Live oak is a tree species whose limbs stretch out impossibly far, like serpents or gnarled grasping fingers. Spanish moss is the shaggy vegetation that drapes down from the limbs. It isn’t actually a moss. The two grow together throughout much of the coastal Southeast.

DAILY PHOTO: Fungi at Yellow River State Park

Orange Mock Oyster Mushroom

Orange Mock Oyster Mushroom

I have it on good authority that these are a non-edible mushroom (i.e. keyword “mock.”) Taken yesterday (March 10, 2013) at Yellow River State Park near Stone Mountain, Georgia.

DAILY PHOTO: Toccoa Falls, Georgia

About an 18 story drop

About an 18 story drop

In 1977, there was a flood here when a dam gave way, killing almost forty people.

TODAY’S PHOTO: Providence Canyon in Southern Georgia

It started as a plow furrow, seriously.

It started as a plow furrow, seriously.

DAILY PHOTO: A Duck at General Coffee State Park

Killer duck jumps out of the water.

Killer duck jumps out of the water.

DAILY PHOTO: Sapelo Island Lighthouse

Sapelo Island Lighthouse

Sapelo Island Lighthouse

This lighthouse is located at the southern end of Sapelo Island off the coast of the state of Georgia. Sapelo island can only be accessed by a ferry operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR.) Tours are available through DNR.

The island is home to the Hog Hammock community (Population 70), a mansion that was once owned by RJ Reynolds (as was the island), and a research facility associated with the University System of Georgia.