Sepia Potpourri

Today I'd like to share a few of my pictures I converted to sepia tone, which makes them look as if they belong in the pages of an old photograph album.

Gibbes Country Store, Learned, Mississippi

Building in Learned

Baum Statue, with Court House in Background
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Ceres Plantation Barn, Flowers, Mississippi

Country Road near Bovina, Mississippi

Carriage Doors, Vicksburg

Cotton Boll

Gingko Tree at Vicksburg National Cemetery
Vicksburg National Military Park

Water Tower, Bovina, Mississippi

Church Bell
St. Marks Episcopal Church, Circa 1854
Raymond, Mississippi

Rosalie, Natchez

Natchez Under-the-Hill

Mailbox, Old Highway 80, near Vicksburg

Urn at old cemetery off the Natchez Trace

Radio Station Sign, Canton, Mississippi

Department Store, Canton, Mississippi

I love the way sepia tones can totally change the look of a photograph and make the subject look as if it is from another place in time. Some of the places shown in the above photos are very old, but some of them are not. Can you tell the old ones from the new?

Cleyeras Up Close

One of my favorite shrubs is the Cleyera plant (Cleyera Japonica), an evergreen shrub, with foliage similar to the Camellia.

Cleyeras grow to be around 15 feet tall, with graceful, arching branches. They produce small clusters of fragrant, creamy white flowers in the summer, followed by small, puffy red berries in the Fall, which last throughout the winter.

We have several Cleyera plants, which are loaded with seed pods now.

I think the seed pods are beautiful, and would like to share some close ups I captured with my macro lens (some of these were taken last Fall, and some were taken last week).

Isn't God's handiwork awesome!