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Hands down my favorite time of year in Atlanta. Not that it ever gets so cold you're praying for the spring, but the fresh smell in the year, the annual flowers popping up, the warm sun... just love love love the season.



I visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and walked amongst thousands of tulips, daffodils and petunia's.





I just adore these colors together! Mother Nature's palette...



This is pretty cool - taken downtown on a lunch walk:



From my photobooth app:



Also went to northern georgia and went on the wine highway spring tour. Some vines before the grapes start to grow:

SNAP magazine just published a spread of some of my photos from Benin Africa!!!!!!! To say i'm honored and a little overwhelmed is an understatement! They did an amazing job!!!!!!

Last weekend i visited Old Car City in White, Georgia.  About an hour and a half from Atlanta. Interesting place . . . a bit overwhelming . . . a bit inspirational . . . a nice stroll on a nice day . . .

I think what everything in my life comes down to are these words.
Perhaps some day i can make a living off of that philosophy.

Here and there were these handwritten signs. At first they were disturbing my flow since i had thought i was there to look at the old cars, but soon my focus shifted and i sought them out. I love the folk artiness of it. The mispellings. The universal sentiments...
 

and of course, the moral to every story . . .



But, there were cars too! So so so many.

 



And buses . . .



And amazing pantina's and paint and rust that i will try as hard as i can to replicate . . .





Look forward to going back soon, although note to self, bring bug spray!!!