Home Features Nature Trails

Nature Trails

Living and loving the great outdoors

Thanksgiving standoff

A few years back, around Thanksgiving Day, I headed out to get some pictures in an area where I'd had good luck getting wildlife...

Finding a hummingbird nest

I left the house at the crack of dawn on my camo bike, just able to see my way down the dirt road to...

Roads Less Traveled: Changing channels

High up in the mountains near the small town of Lebanon, Virginia, lies a unique geological area unlike anything else east of the Mississippi. The...

Roads Less Traveled: Flaming flowers

Some 375 miles after the Appalachian Trail departs Springer Mountain here in Georgia, it passes through an area known as the Roan Highlands. Like something...

Roads Less Traveled: Misty Mountain Sunset

This spring has been a slow one for me from a photography standpoint. In a normal year, I have already seen at least a dozen...

Underground

This article is part of a continuing series of photo essays by Now Habersham’s Tyler Penland. For more on his travels, visit Roads Less...

Go West, Young Man: Falling water

This article is the latest in a series of photo essays by Now Habersham's Tyler Penland on his recent trip to the West Coast....

Go West, Young Man: Follow the tides

This article is a continuation of a series Now Hab's Tyler Penland is writing about his recent travels to and through the great American...

Stuck Barn Swallow a reminder it’s spring

It was 15 minutes before I had to leave to drive the afternoon school bus route, and my phone rang. It was my wife's...

NGTC Spring Plant Sale April 15-18

The North Georgia Technical College horticulture program’s annual spring plant sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 15-18 at...

Morning flight

Most of my good locations for photography are privately owned land that is hunted by others. While hunting season was open, I agreed to...

Plans unveiled in Georgia for ‘America’s longest paved trail’

Advocates for a bike and pedestrian trail linking Athens and Savannah have unveiled detailed plans for the project. Trail backers say the 211-mile trail would be...