We rescued Charlie in 2019. Even then, he had some gray in his muzzle. When we guessed he was about five years old, he didn't protest.
After many adventures and many years of unconditional companionship, Charlie has died. I will sorely miss my hiking/photography comrade.
10 July 2026.
Lee Morgan: I Remember Clifford (composer: Benny Golson)
A common zinnia flower blooms in a summer garden.
Briarlake Forest Park
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
6 July 2026.
— Wikipedia.Zinnia elegans — commonly known as common zinnia, elegant zinnia, and zinnia — is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico but naturalised in several places, including the United States.
The uncultivated plant grows to about 5½ inches in height (15 cm). It has solitary flower heads about 2 inches across (5 cm). The purple ray florets surround black and yellow discs. Flowering occurs during the summer months.
Zinnias are popular garden plants with hundreds of cultivars in many flower colours, sizes, and forms. The garden zinnia was bred via hybridisation from the wild form.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
David Murray: In the Spirit (composer: Don Pullen)
A red clover wildflower (Trifolium pratense), blooming in spring.
East Decatur Greenway
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
18 May 2019.
Native purple coneflower wildflowers (aka echinacea) blooming in a pollinator garden.
City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
7 June 2026.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.Echinacea is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. It has ten species, which are commonly called coneflowers. They are native only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in wet to dry prairies and open wooded areas
Echinacea purpurea — commonly known as purple coneflower, eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, purple rudbeckia — is an herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae (daisy) family that is native to the central and eastern United States. The Genus name is Greek for meaning 'spiny one' and the species name means reddish-purple.It may grow 3 to 4 feet tall; attractive ray petals surround a center of dark purplish brown disc flowers in summer and are long-lasting through mid-fall. The plant prefers well-drained, moist loam but is adaptable to various soil types. It is drought tolerant once established and can grow in full sun to partial shade. It is also deer, heat, humidity, and salt resistant.
— Wikipedia.
A wild bigleaf hydrangea shrub (Hydrangea macrophylla), illuminated by riparian morning light.
On Glenn Creek in Melton Park
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
23 May 2025.
Hydrangea macrophylla — commonly known as bigleaf hydrangea — is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan, that has become naturalised in the Americas. It is is a deciduous shrub growing to 10 feet tall (3 m) with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn. The opposite, serrated leaves can grow to 6 inches (15 cm) in length.— Wikipedia.
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