A Last Look At Fall Foliage in Atlanta
It was a dreary day here in Atlanta yesterday. Many trees have given up large numbers of leaves. A short jaunt to my local coffee shop turned into a bit of a leaf looking and photography expedition. My watch for the day was my Perry Ellis Deep Diver. It's thin case and somewhat dressy look make its unidirectional rotating bezel, screw-down crown, and 200 meter water resistance a bit of a surprise.
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| A Perry Ellis Deep Diver watch against a backdrop of trees |
Nature isn't far away
Before the onset of our admitted short winter, I tried to find a little color. It's the last part of fall and the trees are giving up their leaves. One of the things we've found here is that you don't necessarily have to go to the mountains to see the fall foliage, there is much fall color to be seen in the city and close in suburbs. You don't have to venture out of a shopping center parking lot to find trees with vivid yellow leaves and vast piles of fallen ones.
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| Fall Foliage in the back of an Atlanta area shopping center |
Wildlife in Atlanta's Chattahoochee River Corridor
The area near the Chattahoochee River is quite wooded with lots of wildlife corridors. My wife and I have seen animals including an American mink, a skunk, a bobcat, a boar, red foxes, grey foxes, coyotes, and turkeys. Some local residents have even seen bear wandering through the area.
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| The Perry Ellis Deep Diver among the leaves |
The neighborhoods have preserved many hardwood and decorative trees. They offer the most colorful foliage. Of course, since there are many mansions of the well-to-do in the area. Sometimes you'd like to linger longer, but you don't want to arouse the suspicions of some of the neighbors. They give you that accusing look.
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| A suspicious neighbor eyes me up |
A Glimpse of the Chattahoochee River
It's enough to make you skeedaddle over to the river itself. The river was a bit swollen from the rain in the region. I took this quick shot of the river from the parking lot of one of the area's more exclusive restaurants.
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| Way Up Yonder on the Chattahoochee River |
It was nice to get out and take a glimpse of the foliage while we still had plenty of leaves and color. But, as signs in the parking lot reminded me all license plates were noted and all vehicles were being record, it was time to move on. It was a nice 20-minute sojourn with nature and see the river on a damp and overcast day.
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| A glance at my Perry Ellis watch reminds me that it is time to head home |
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