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Thomas CizauskasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3064125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-31016386906402994352024-03-16T03:13:00.006-05:002024-03-16T06:16:28.667-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Winter speedwell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look down! Tiny blue <b>winter speedwell</b> blossoms have popped up, low down, in large numbers, seemingly overnight. So small, so unassuming, and, yes, some might say, so weedy.
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<i>Lanier Gardens Park</i>: Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA. 24 February 2022.
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I've so often walked <strike>by</strike> over ubiquitous <b>winter speedwell</b>, paying no heed, until one winter afternoon, when I felt the need to get down on the ground and look at them on their level.
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My clothes became muddied; I probably received bemused glances from motorists passing close by this tiny strip of streetside greenspace. But there I lay, taken aback by these blossoms' miniature elegance: flowers for a fairy's garden.
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<b>Veronica persica</b> —commonly known as birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or <b>winter speedwell</b>— is a flowering plant in the <b>plantain</b> family (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantaginaceae">Plantaginaceae</a>). It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species elsewhere, including North America. The short-stalked leaves are broadly ovate with coarsely serrated margins, and measure one to two centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) long. The flowers are roughly one centimeter (0.4 inches) wide and are sky-blue in color with dark stripes and white centers.
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— <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_persica" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia</a>.
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Evergreen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia">mountain laurel</a> trees ring small <b>Laurel Creek</b> as it cascades into the (slightly) larger <i>Stephenson Creek</i>.
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Seen alongside (that is, clambered down from) the <i>Flat Rock spur</i> of the <a href="https://www.pathfoundation.org/arabia-mountain-path">Arabia Mountain PATH</a> trail in the <a href="https://arabiaalliance.org/">Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve</a>: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 27 February 2024.
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Note to self: Return in spring, when the mountain laurel is blooming.
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In a winter garden,
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It teases
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Of a spring fling.
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Northlake, Georgia, USA.
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11 February 2024.
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Winter trees can sing even without their leaves...and joyfully in black-and-white.
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<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBdmT1" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Rockdale River Trail</a>: Rockdale County (<i>Stockbridge</i>), Georgia, USA. 2 February 2024.
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Mirror'd morning on <i>Beaver Pond</i>...but not a rodent in sight!
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A <b>Lenten rose</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helleborus_orientalis">hellebore</a>) blooms in mid-winter.
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A small garden on the grounds of <a href="https://www.trappist.net/">Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit</a> in Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. 3 February 2024.
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A winter storm blows away in late afternoon.
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Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA. 9 January 2024.
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Photo 5 of 52, for year 2024. See a hi-res version on <i>Flickr</i>: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2prGsgA">here</a>.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-16618090560081807512024-01-27T04:18:00.012-05:002024-02-02T14:32:49.335-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Verdant fungus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cizauskas/53463332234/" title="Verdant fungus"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53463332234_ba3faab94f.jpg" width="420" height="319" alt="Verdant fungus"/></a>
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"<i>A rolling stone gathers no moss</i>" ... but a <i>polypore mushroom</i> can!
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<a href="https://www.briarlakeforestpark.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Briarlake Forest Park</a>: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
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7 January 2024.
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<b>Trametes versicolor</b> is a common <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypore">polypore mushroom</a></b> found throughout the world. Meaning 'of several colors', versicolor accurately describes this fungus that displays a unique blend of markings. Additionally, owing to its shape being similar to that of a wild turkey's tail feathers, T. versicolor is most commonly referred to as turkey tail. The top surface of the cap shows typical concentric zones of different colors, and the margin is always the lightest. Older specimens [such as the one pictured] can have zones with green algae [or moss] growing on them, thus appearing green. It commonly grows in rows on logs and stumps of deciduous trees, and is common in North America.
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— <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor">Wikipedia</a>.
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This is a closeup. The polypore appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-83782463683120876872024-01-20T04:11:00.006-05:002024-01-20T08:54:32.647-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Arboreal chaconne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looking for shapes (and imagined motion) in the winter woodland. An arboreal chaconne in Seminary Wood.
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<a href="https://decaturlegacypark.com/">Legacy Park</a>: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 27 December 2023.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-10579231782196553012024-01-13T04:19:00.003-05:002024-01-13T06:56:42.161-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Jogging in the fog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When both the dew point and the temperature are 9 °C (48 °F), a jogger disappears into a fog bank.
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<a href="http://www.freedompark.org/">Freedom Park</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler_Park">Candler Park</a> neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 3 December 2017.
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Freedom Park is is the largest public park in Atlanta, Georgia, comprising 210 acres of linear green space and six miles of hiker/biker trails. The park was created in 1992 from condemned land which originally was to be the Stone Mountain Freeway, a multi-lane divided-highway that would have bisected nine historic neighborhoods and destroyed a string of parks designed by <a href="https://www.atlantaolmstedpark.org/about">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>.
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— <a href="https://freedomparkway.info/about/">Freedom Park and Parkway</a>.
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<li>The <b>dew point</b> is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to achieve a relative humidity of 100%. At this point the air cannot hold more water in the gas form. If the air were to be cooled even more, water vapor would have to come out of the atmosphere in the liquid form, usually as fog or precipitation.
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The higher the dew point rises, the greater the amount of moisture in the air. This directly affects how "comfortable" it will feel outside. Many times, relative humidity can be misleading. For example, a temperature of 30 °F and a dew point of 30 °F will give you a relative humidity of 100%, but a temperature of 80 °F and a dew point of 60 °F produces a relative humidity of 50%. It would feel much more "humid" on the 80 degree day with 50% relative humidity than on the 30 degree day with a 100% relative humidity. This is because of the higher dew point.
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So, if you want a real judge of just how "dry" or "humid" it will feel outside, look at the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/Xqcr9J">dew point</a> instead of the relative humidity. The higher the dew point, the muggier it will feel.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-79515434085666503672024-01-08T18:06:00.008-05:002024-02-06T16:58:58.553-05:00The 52 'Pic(k)s of the Week' of 2023.Since 2006, I have uploaded 25,043 photographs and images to the website <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cizauskas/">Flickr</a>. Every Saturday since <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2009/08/pick-of-week.html">29 August 2009</a>, I have culled through those images and selected one as my <a href="http://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/search/label/Pic%28k%29%20of%20the%20Week">Pic(k) of the Week</a>.<br /><br />
Here's a retrospective collage of the fifty-two images I selected for 2023. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to the full image.<br /><br />
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<h3>2023</h3>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/01/pick-of-week-vernal-dreaming.html" title="Vernal Dreaming"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52611084148_6e6ed27214_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Vernal dreaming"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/01/pick-of-week-full-wolf-moon.html" title="Full Wolf Moon"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52613357230_4cbf457521_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Full Wolf Moon"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/01/pick-of-week-light-as-storm-passes.html" title="Light as storm passes"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635993970_b15cb54c19_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Light as storm passes"/></a>
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<a href="hhttps://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/01/pick-of-week-ephemeral-rapids.html" title="Ephemeral rapids"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52653199553_4f072dc158_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Ephemeral rapids"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/02/pick-of-week-arabia-buzzards.html" title="Arabia buzzards"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52664967607_90cae84c90_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Arabia buzzards"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/02/pick-of-week-tynt-meadow-english.html" title="Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52666573736_75ecac5381_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/02/pick-of-week-thicket-tunnel.html" title="Thicket tunnel"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52677982673_0ece75bd37_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Thicket tunnel"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/02/pick-of-week-peachtree-rapids-riffles.html" title="Peachtree rapids & riffles"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52680135342_6c12d71658_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Peachtree rapids & riffles"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/03/pick-of-week-nature-contemplation.html" title="Nature contemplation"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52709058138_cc14365ac3_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Nature contemplation"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/03/pick-of-week-sylvan-grotto.html" title="Sylvan grotto"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52661972003_67b8ee69bc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Sylvan grotto"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/03/pick-of-week-sweet-betsy-in-bloom.html" title="Little Sweet Betsy in bloom!"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52739156335_45836c8e80_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Little Sweet Betsy in bloom!"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/03/pick-of-week-mayapple-blooms-in-march.html" title="Mayapple blooms in March"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52763057085_0446f5e796_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Mayapple blooms in March"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/04/pick-of-week-pear-tree-in-winter.html" title="Pear tree in winter"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52719206432_d49b882edb_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Pear tree in winter"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/04/pick-of-week-bayou-morning.html" title="Bayou morning"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52790604301_2856e7f71f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Bayou morning"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/04/pick-of-week-goose-going-postal.html" title="Goose going Postal"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52766984511_441a233919_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Goose going Postal"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/04/pick-of-week-vernal-rising.html" title="Vernal rising"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52802632545_b6cafea785_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Vernal rising"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/04/pick-of-week-yellow-crowned-night-heron.html" title="Yellow-crowned Night Heron"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52834997751_88994e2bfc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Yellow-crowned Night Heron"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/05/pick-of-week-mood-white-indigo.html" title="Mood (white) indigo"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52821550215_f5a96bce01_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Mood (white) indigo"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/05/pick-of-week-how-green-was-my-valley.html" title="How green was my valley"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52832761078_2282472957_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="How green was my valley"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/05/pic-of-week-rothaus-tannenzapfle-pils.html" title="Rothaus Tannenzäpfle Pils, on draught"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52909671093_67e3b7df68_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Rothaus Tannenzäpfle Pils, on draught"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/05/pick-of-week-open-road-in-town.html" title="Open road, in town"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/39029871860_d4c780c1d3_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Open road, in town"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/06/pick-of-week-hops-no.html" title="Hops? Nope!"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52902532764_0e2ce9947e_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Hops? Nope!"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/06/pick-of-week-hazy-sunrise-over-arabia.html" title="Hazy sunrise over Arabia Mountain, Georgia"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52962051190_4a4bff5b96_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Hazy sunrise over Arabia Mountain, Georgia"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/06/pick-of-week-winking-hawk.html" title="Winking hawk"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52977961993_d4e41e3ba7_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Winking hawk"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/06/pick-of-week-mockingbird-on-stop-sign.html" title="Mockingbird on stop sign"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52978920414_dbfbfe4039_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Mockingbird on stop sign"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/07/pick-of-week-may-dragonfly.html" title="May dragonfly"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52984898462_885d113d58_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="May dragonfly"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/07/pick-of-week-wild-garlic-on-trail.html" title="Wild garlic on the trail"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52949660119_82b6c09036_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Wild garlic on the trail"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/07/pick-of-week-red-rover-red-rover-send.html" title="Red Rover, Red Rover, send Red Clover right over!"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52993805935_eeb82ebaf4_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Red Rover, Red Rover, send Red Clover right over!"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/07/pick-of-week-turtle-surfacing.html" title="Turtle, surfacing"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53049757428_6232a0b747_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Turtle, surfacing"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/07/pick-of-week-paddleboard-morningtide.html" title="Paddleboard morningtide"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061158114_c02fd7ee85_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Paddleboard morningtide"/></a>
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<tr><td><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">August</span></td></tr>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/08/pick-of-week-st-augustine-lighthouse-at.html" title="St. Augustine Lighthouse, at morning"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53038143807_08d9f469f6_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="St. Augustine Lighthouse, at morning"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/08/pick-of-week-castillo-de-san-marcos.html" title="Castillo de San Marcos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53075311329_2f9635daf1_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Castillo de San Marcos"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/08/pick-of-week-independent-fermentation.html" title="Independent fermentation room"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53122871570_eb642c1f4d_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Independent fermentation room"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/08/pick-of-week-against-traffic.html" title="Against traffic"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52894089366_79a0f2277f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Against traffic"/></a>
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<tr><td><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">September</span></td></tr>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/09/pick-of-week-heron-in-morning-pond.html" title="Heron in morning pond"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53142975813_dcffc5e6ba_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Heron in morning pond"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/09/pick-of-week-avondale-reverie.html" title="Avondale reverie"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53150060437_6d059c741d_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Avondale reverie"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/09/pick-of-week-wary-weather-watcher.html" title="Wary weather watcher"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53103269295_80c943d24d_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Wary weather watcher"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/09/pick-of-week-happy-autumnal-solstice.html" title="Squirrel at edge of forest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52984143279_922c04a8c6_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Squirrel at edge of forest"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/09/pick-of-week-arabia-mountain-daisy.html" title="Arabia Mountain 'daisy'"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53213575281_6127de5f45_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Arabia Mountain 'daisy'"/></a>
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<tr><td><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">October</span></td></tr>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/10/pick-of-week-final-out.html" title="The Final Out"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53228907212_485b447e2a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="The Final Out"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/10/pick-of-week-tree-at-summit-of-arabia.html" title="Tree at summit of Arabia Mountain"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53237863325_4b059ddfa5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Tree at summit of Arabia Mountain"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cizauskas/53189180196/" title="Into the Privet woodland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53189180196_e2131bf090_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Into the Privet woodland"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/10/pick-of-week-wasted-potential-porchfest.html" title="Wasted Potential trombone"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53272248483_55aa5127ea_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Wasted Potential trombone"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/11/pick-of-week-tree-in-morning-marsh.html" title="Tree in morning marsh"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53261467047_d328b57199_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Tree in morning marsh"/></a>
</td>
<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/11/pick-of-week-south-river-at-base-of.html" title="South River at base of Panola Mountain"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53311308195_9c46af2682_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="South River at base of Panola Mountain"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/11/pick-of-week-verboten-off-piste.html" title="Verboten off-piste"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53330437747_b83bd95b1b_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Verboten off-piste"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/11/pick-of-week-washington-w-king-covered.html" title="Washington W. King Covered Bridge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53335645938_738082bfcf_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Washington W. King Covered Bridge"/></a>
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<tr><td><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">December</span></td></tr>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/12/pickk-of-week-octoberfest-beer.html" title="October(fest) beer discussions"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53304090932_321e964c57_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="October(fest) beer discussions"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/12/pick-of-week-fallen.html" title="Fallen"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53380664977_e067758110_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Fallen"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/12/pick-of-week-beneath-stone-mountain.html" title="Beneath Stone Mountain"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53393093438_7158c0a0bf_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Beneath Stone Mountain"/></a>
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<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/12/pick-of-week-stille-nacht.html" title="Stille Nacht"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53412896372_41e04f51f5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Stille Nacht"/></a>
</td>
<td>
<a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/12/pick-of-week-outlier-no-19-helms-deep.html" title="Outlier No. 19 Helms Deep Bierschnaps"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53415888201_e51d70d199_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Outlier No. 19 Helms Deep Bierschnaps"/></a>
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<h3>DATA</h3>
☞ Of my fifty-two selections in 2023:
<ul><span style="font-size: 85%;">
<li>21 images (40 %) were landscapes: intimate, grand, or tangentially.
<li>15 (28 %) were of trees, flowers, or plants.
<li>9 (17 %) were of birds or other animals.
<li>7 (13 %) were new-topographical (i.e., structures, objects, vehicles, or signs).
<li>7 (13 %) were street-photography or focused on people, primarily or tangentially.
<li>5 (9 %) were images of the sky or astronomy-related.
<li>6 (11 %) were fermentably related.
<li> 2 (3 %) were of art, music, or culture in one form or another.
<li> No images were in black-and-white.
</span>
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">
(The percentage total is greater than 100 %, as categories overlap.)
</span>
</ul>
<br />
☞ Those data compare to 2022, when:
<ul><span style="font-size: 85%;">
<li>29 images (56%) were of 'nature.'
<li>10 (19%) were of structures, objects, vehicles, or signs (not including breweries).
<li>10 (19%) were focused on people, primarily or tangentially.
<li> 7 (13%) were of art or culture in one form or another.
<li>7 (13%) were fermentably related.
<li> 6 (11%) were in black-and-white (but none were beer-related).
</span></ul>
<br />
☞ Here are links to the ten image retrospectives for the years 2014 through 2022. (There is none for 2021, because I didn't do one that year.) <br />
<ul><span style="font-size: 85%;">
<li><a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2023/01/2022-pick-of-week-rotogravure.html">2022 retrospective</a>
<li> 2021 retrospective (n/a)
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2020/08/flix-pix-re-mix-of-2020.html">2020</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2020/01/2019s-pick-of-week-retrospective.html">2019</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2019/01/52-pick-up-in-2018.html">2018</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2018/01/pick-of-week-2017s-rotogravure.html">2017</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2017/01/pick-of-week-2016-retrospective.html">2016</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2016/01/bonus-pick-of-week-2015-retrospective.html">2015</a>
<li> <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2015/01/pick-of-year-for-2014.html">2014</a>
</span></ul>
<br />
☞ Examining those ten years of <i>Pic(k)s of the Week</i>, the trend has been away from 'fermentable'-related photography toward a potpourri consisting principally of nature, landscape, and 'new topographic' photography.<br /><br />
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<th>2018</th><th>2017</th><th>2016</th><th>2015</th><th>2014</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Beer</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td><td>n/a</td><td> 12 </td> <td> 10 </td> <td>12</td><td>28</td><td>34</td><td>34</td><td>26</td>
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<td>1</td>
<td>3</td><td>n/a</td><td> 8 </td> <td> 12 </td> <td>5</td><td>8</td><td>16</td><td>20</td><td>34</td>
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<tr><td>Cask ale</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td><td>n/a</td><td> 1 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td>2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>8</td>
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<tr><td>Wine/Winery</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td><td>n/a</td><td> 0 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>4</td>
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<tr><td>Whiskey/Liquor/Distillery</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td><td>n/a</td><td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td>
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<td>0</td>
<td>0</td><td>n/a</td><td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>5</td>
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">
(As above, the figures don't reflect a sum, as a category may be a subset of another: such as breweries also appearing under beer, food also under brewpub/brewery, etc.)
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-67130349062663545762024-01-06T04:55:00.020-05:002024-01-14T13:19:27.006-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Yuletide scaffolding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A city streetlamp, festooned with plastic wreath and bow, 'cheerified' the dreary scaffolding behind it. As seen in downtown Decatur, Georgia, USA. 16 December 2023. (What you can't see is the cold winter rain that had just begun to fall.)
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<br />
I took other —more 'traditional'— <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB5h7F">Yuletide images</a> but I especially like this one, exemplifying the photography dictum to turn around and look behind you! I thought it a fitting inaugural <b>Pic(k) of the Week</b> for year 2024.
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</li>
<li>
Photo 1 of 52, for year 2024. See a hi-res version on <i>Flickr</i>: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pnA4ba">here</a>.
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<li>Camera: <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/slrs/oly_em10ii">Olympus OM-D E-M10 II</a>.
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<li>Lens: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II
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<li>Settings: 20 mm | 1/125 sec | ISO 250 | ƒ/2.0
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-1526226437174453682023-12-30T04:44:00.019-05:002024-01-04T11:52:13.383-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Outlier No. 19 Helms Deep Bierschnaps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cizauskas/53415888201/" title="Outlier No. 19 Helms Deep Bierschnaps"><img alt="Outlier No. 19 Helms Deep Bierschnaps" height="631" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53415888201_e51d70d199_z.jpg" width="420" /></a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tippling a dram</span></i>
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<i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">From a barrel of collaboration. </span></i></div>
</i><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Warming a winter's night.</span></i>
</div>
<br />
In the tasting room at <a href="http://www.independentdistilling.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Independent Distilling Company</a>: Decatur, Georgia, USA. 16 December 2023.
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Our <b>Outlier No. 19 <i>Helms Deep Bierschnaps</i></b> is a collaboration with our friends at <a href="https://www.threetavernsbrewery.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Three Taverns Brewery</a> (Decatur, Georgia). We distilled their famous <a href="https://www.threetavernsbrewery.com/helms-deep" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Helms Deep Imperial Stout</a>, then aged it in a used <a href="http://www.independentdistilling.com/spirits.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Hellbender Bourbon</a> barrel for four years. Enjoy rich aromas of heavily roasted malts on the nose that translate, on the palate, into rich cocoa, lush dark fruits, hints of cereal, vanilla, and coffee, and dense oak. One in our limited Outlier Series: only 95 bottles produced. 42.5% alcohol-by-volume.
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</blockquote>
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<br />
This series of weekly photos (which <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2009/08/pick-of-week.html">began in 2009</a>) begins anew next week for a new year. As the final <i>Pic(k) of the Week</i> for 2023, I thought it appropriate to post an image of a good fermentable. To all my readers, I wish you a safe, healthy, prosperous, and tasty 2024.
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of images posted on Saturdays (occasionally, as is the case today, with a good fermentable as subject).
</li>
<li>
Photo 52 of 52, for year 2023. See a hi-res version on <i>Flickr</i>: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pobozF">here</a>.
</li>
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</li>
<ul>
<li>Lens: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II
</li>
<li>Settings: 20 mm | 1/20 sec | ISO 640 | ƒ/2.0
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<i>Happy Christmas to all,
<br />
and to all a good night</i>.
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<a href="https://www.dpchurch.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Decatur Presbyterian Church</a>
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downtown Decatur, Georgia, USA. <br />
22 December 2023.
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Trees, deciduous and evergreen, stand on a northern bank of <b>Venable Lake</b>, 825 feet (251 meters) beneath the granitic summit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain">Stone Mountain</a>. As seen from the <b><a href="https://stonemountainpark.com/activities/recreation-golf/cherokee-hiking-trail/">Cherokee Trail</a></b>, a five-mile walking trail that circumnavigates the base of the mountain, in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 14 November 2023.
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<li>Stone Mountain is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_monzonite">quartz-granite</a> <b>monadnock</b>:
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an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain, typically by surviving erosion. The word 'monadnock' is a Native American term.
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— <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inselberg">Wikipedia</a>.
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<b>WGTV</b> is a PBS (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS">Public Broadcasting System</a>) member television station licensed to Athens, Georgia, United States, a legacy of the station's early years as a service of the University of Georgia. Owned by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (technically under the Georgia Board of Regents, along with the University System of Georgia), it is the flagship station of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Public_Broadcasting">GPB</a>) television network, serving the Atlanta metropolitan area from a transmitter atop Stone Mountain just east of Atlanta.
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<li>There are only a <a href="https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/reservoirs/">few natural lakes</a> in the state of Georgia. <i>Venable Lake</i>, at Stone Mountain Park, is not one of them. Created by submerging a former quarry, it is named for the past owner of the quarry, a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/21/obituaries/james-r-venable-92-leader-of-klan-group.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">segregationist leader</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> in the early 20th century. In fact, the summit at Stone Mountain was the site of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_Simmons#Ku_Klux_Klan">re-founding of the Ku Klux Klan</a>,'commemorated' with a cross-burning, on Thanksgiving eve, 1915.
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Notwithstanding its historical connection to human atrocities, the physical beauty of Stone Mountain —rising abruptly over exurban-Atlanta and home to sui generis flora— can be quite dramatic. As witnessed, above, on a crisp autumn morning.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Stone Mountain, GA, USA33.7959769 -84.14145359999999133.781712886054166 -84.1586197376953 33.810240913945833 -84.124287462304679tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-32125431738969766262023-12-09T08:40:00.003-05:002023-12-15T14:35:05.133-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Fallen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dense morning fog in a woodland.
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<a href="https://decaturlegacypark.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Legacy Park</a>: Decatur, Georgia, USA. 2 December 2023.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-47623934994122448932023-12-06T09:27:00.002-05:002023-12-06T09:49:59.833-05:00Happy Samichlaus Day!<center><span style="font-size: 78%;">This image and post were originally uploaded to <a href="https://flic.kr/p/pZDKHP">Flickr</a>, in 2014.</span></center>
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<b>Samichlaus</b> —aka Santa Claus or, more 'properly, <a href="https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2011/12/lump-of-coal-chocolates-stein-of-beer.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Saint Nicholas</a>— is the Roman Catholic patron saint of brewers. His 'feast day' —<b>St. Nicholas Day</b>— is celebrated annually on 6 December.
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<b>Samichlaus</b> is also the name of a potent <a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/styles/35/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">doppelbock</a> (dark lager) of 14% alcohol! <b><a href="https://www.schloss-eggenberg.at/de/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg</a></b> —a family-owned brewery founded in Austria in 1681— brews the beer once a year on St. Nicholas Day, ages it for nearly a year, and then releases it for sale.
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<i>Eggenberg</i> also produces a special version of <i>Samichlaus</i> —<b>Samichlaus Barrique</b>, pictured above— which, in addition to a year's maturation, is aged five weeks in oak wine barrels. Those barrels come from the <a href="http://www.antonbauer.at/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Anton Bauer Winery</a>, also in Austria.
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A happier St. Nicholas Day!
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-92184804015670876692023-12-02T03:34:00.006-05:002024-01-08T11:59:40.974-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: October(fest) beer discussions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Because a blog called "<i>Yours for Good Fermentables</i>" should contain images of such!
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Beer discussions (<i>Marvel</i> vs. <i>Munich</i>?) at the <a href="https://sudsdecatur.org/">S.U.D.S. Beer Festival</a>, in Decatur, Georgia, USA. 28 October 2023.
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<b>S.U.D.S.</b> (i.e, <b>Simply Us Doing our Share</b>): "an afternoon of curated craft beer tasting, live music, local food options, and more in beautiful <a href="https://decaturlegacypark.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Legacy Park</a>, minutes away from downtown Decatur. 25+ curated craft breweries, hand-selected by the founders of <a href="https://www.brickstorepub.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Brick Store Pub</a>; quality local eats; live music from local artists; plus a collectors S.U.D.S. souvenir tasting glass. S.U.D.S. will help support <a href="https://sudsdecatur.org/faqs" rel="noreferrer nofollow">ten non-profits</a> at Legacy Park; we are a locally supportive, community involved, full-service festival.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-86443042064942401042023-11-25T04:14:00.001-05:002023-11-25T08:56:33.415-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Washington W. King Covered Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A historic covered bridge (open to light vehicular and pedestrian traffic) crosses a narrow channel of <i>Stone Mountain Lake</i>.
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<a href="https://stonemountainpark.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Stone Mountain Park</a>: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 15 November 2023.
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The <b>Washington W. King / College Avenue Covered Bridge</b> was designed, engineered, and constructed, in 1891 (at a cost of approximately $2,470), by <b>Washington W. King</b>, the son of a freed slave. It is one of only four remaining structures of the many created and constructed by King. Several members of his extended family were prominent African-American businessmen for decades in multiple Georgia cities.
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The covered bridge —using a '<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_truss_bridge">Town Lattice</a></b>' design that allowed the wooden bridge to flex, expand and contract with the seasons— was built by King in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>, to connect the downtown area with outlying farm lands across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oconee_River">Oconee River</a>.
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The bridge served Athens until two severe floods, in 1910 and again in 1963, severely damaged the bridge. Soon thereafter, the covered bridge was replaced with a new concrete and steel crossing, and the original bridge was set aside on the banks of the Oconee River.
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In 1965, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_County,_Georgia">Clarke County</a> Commission donated the bridge to the <a href="http://stonemountainpark.org/about-us/what-is-smma/">Stone Mountain Memorial Association</a> (SMMA). The bridge was partially disassembled and transported sixty miles to <b>Stone Mountain Park</b>, where it was re-assembled and re-installed atop new cement and granite piers. It now connects the park to <a href="https://stonemountainpark.com/activities/recreation-golf/kings-trail/">Indian Island</a>, a picturesque 17-acre island on Stone Mountain Lake.
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— <a href="https://stonemountainpark.com/activity/history-nature/covered-bridge/">Stone Mountain Park</a>.
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— <a href="https://decaturish.com/2022/09/stone-mountain-park-rededicates-bridge-engineered-by-son-of-freed-slave/">Decaturish</a>.
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A trail heads off into an autumnal woodland. A trace of light kisses the canopy.
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But...stay off, a sign cautions.
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Nature Preserve Guide Hikes Only.<br />
State Law 12-3-10B<br />
Violators Prosecuted!
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Why the ominous warning? The park's brochure reveals the answer:
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Because of the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2dXYyk1" rel="noreferrer nofollow">rare species</a> of plants that live on Panola Mountain, a guided hike is required to enter the conservation area and go on top of the mountain. While both <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAcT9C">Stone Mountain</a> and <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsm84NCh6">Arabia Mountain</a> are similar geologic features, <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAYmqo">Panola Mountain</a> has never been quarried, making it one of the most pristine <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inselberg" rel="noreferrer nofollow">monadnocks</a></b> in the southeastern United States.
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So, respecting the environmental concerns (and the law!), I took this photo from the (legal) <a href="https://www.traillink.com/trail/rockdale-river-trail/">Rockdale River Trail</a>, a paved hiker/biker trail that follows the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_River_%28Ocmulgee_River_tributary%29">South River</a> for several miles in Rockdale County, Georgia (an outlying suburban and exurban county in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area).
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But, oh, <i>off-piste</i> looked inviting!
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-32866102786485204682023-11-11T04:08:00.005-05:002023-11-11T17:18:24.622-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: South River at base of Panola Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A bend in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_River_(Ocmulgee_River_tributary)" rel="noreferrer nofollow">South River</a>, as seen from a pedestrian bridge at the base of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panola_Mountain" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Panola Mountain</a>.
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<a href="https://gastateparks.org/panolamountain/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Panola Mountain State Park</a>:
Rockdale County, Georgia, USA.24 October 2023.
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Linger awhile.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Panola Mountain, Georgia 30281, USA33.6353873 -84.170195999999995.3251534638211524 -119.32644599999999 61.945621136178843 -49.01394599999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-23146823373716402122023-11-04T03:20:00.006-05:002023-11-04T06:41:25.307-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Tree in morning marsh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Morning light anoints a dead tree, yet standing on marshy ground.
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Seminary Wood in <a href="https://decaturlegacypark.com/">Legacy Park</a>: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
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3 October 2023.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-3582284508012788282023-10-28T03:23:00.004-05:002023-12-31T15:14:24.105-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Wasted Potential @Porchfest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The trombonist for <b>Wasted Potential<i></i></b> brass band performs during <b>Oakhurst Porchfest</b>, in Decatur, Georgia, USA. 14 October 2023.
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<h3>What is Porchfest?</h3>
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In 2007, Lesley Greene and Gretchen Hildreth had an idea in Ithaca, New York: What if we had an afternoon when porches all over the neighborhood became stages and everyone just meandered from yard to yard, listening, hanging out, and connecting/reconnecting with their neighbors? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porchfest" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Porchfest</a>, the ultimate grassroots music festival, was born. 100% resident owned and operated, it’s been going and growing every year since. And in that time, other neighborhoods all around the country have taken the model and run with it.
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The Oakhurst neighborhood in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Georgia">Decatur, Georgia</a>, launched its own Porchfest in October, 2015. The success that materialized that year — more than 130 performances in four hours — took us all by surprise and culminated in what Georgia's music tourism bureau called 'very likely the most diverse lineup of any festival' in the state. And, now, on Saturday, October 14, 2023. from noon to 7pm, we'll do it all again: 210 performances on porches and lawns, all around Oakhurst.
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— <a href="https://www.oakhurstporchfest.org/">Oakhust Porchfest</a>
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<h3>Who are Wasted Potential?</h3>
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<a href="https://www.wpbb-atl.com/">Wasted Potential Brass Band</a></b> is Atlanta's pop up party starter. Powered by tuba goodness, this brass band got their start playing on the streets of Decatur, Georgia. WPBB features a second line street beat, southern horn section, blues vocals and sousaphone as bass. Find them in Atlanta, Georgia, playing festivals and bars. They're what fun sounds like.
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The gentle gloom of a dense thicket, in a 120-acre suburban <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)">Piedmont forest</a>, during an end-of-summer's light rain.
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<a href="https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/parks/mason-mill-park">Mason Mill Park</a>: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
14 September 2023.
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<li>The <i>privet</i> of the caption refers to the name of a park trail, itself referencing the invasive abundance of <b>Chinese privet</b> therein.
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Privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native to Europe, north Africa, and Asia. They may be evergreen or deciduous, and are tolerant of different soil types. They often have conspicuous heads of white flowers, followed by black berries. Various species of privet are now an invasive problem in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, because, due to their adaptability, they are able to outcompete and therefore displace native vegetation.</blockquote>
— <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet">Wikipedia</a>.
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<li>Miles Davis: <b>In a Silent Way</b>
<li>Album: <b>In a Silent Way</b> (released: 1969)
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<li>John McLaughlin (electric guitar);
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Mason Mill Park, 1406-1458 McConnell Dr, Decatur, GA 30033, USA33.8072089 -84.3062901999999925.4969750638211536 -119.46254019999999 62.117442736178845 -49.150040199999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-61932668738620235662023-10-14T03:55:00.009-05:002023-10-14T07:58:51.208-05:00Pic(k) of the Week: Tree at summit of Arabia Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Amidst a yellow riot of autumnal, native <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2p5itZT">Porter's sunflowers</a>, a wizened tree stands alone on the craggy <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2p5itZT">summit</a> of <a href="https://arabiaalliance.org/">Arabia Mountain</a>.
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DeKalb County (<i>Stonecrest</i>), Georgia, USA. 29 September 2023.
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<li>Composed primarily of granite-gneiss <i>migmatite rock</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia_Mountain">Arabia Mountain</a> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inselberg">monadnock</a> —"<i>an isolated small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain</i>."
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<li>Musical selection
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<li>Ralph Vaughan Williams: <b>Romance for Strings, Piano, and Harmonica</b> (composed: 1951)
<li>Sir Neville Marriner: <i>Academy of St Martin in the Fields</i> (recorded: 1977)
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Reilly_%28harmonica_player%29">Tommy Reilly</a>: harmonica
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Pic(k) of the Week: one in a
<a href="http://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/search/label/Pic%28k%29%20of%20the%20Week">weekly series</a>
of images posted on Saturdays, occasionally (but not the case today) with a good fermentable as the subject.
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Photo 41 of 52, for year 2023. See hi-res version on <i>Flickr</i>: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2p7rXZg">here</a>.
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Commercial reproduction requires explicit permission, as per
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<li>Camera: <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/slrs/oly_em10ii" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Olympus OM-D E-M10 II</a>.
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<li>Lens: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
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<li>Settings: 58 mm | 1/250 sec. | ISO 400 | ƒ/8.0
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