By the early 1980s, Louise and I were becoming somewhat bored with our suburban existence and began looking for a way to make our home in the country.
In 1985 we heard of a woman who had some land for sale in North Georgia's McLemore cove. As it turned out, by the time we made contact with her she had already sold the land. However, she told us that her neighbor, George D. Queener, was planning to sell some acreage, and that she would ask him if she could show us the land.
He was agreeable, and in September, 1985 we piled into her little Toyota pickup and she drove us around the 30 acres on a ridge with frontage on Chickamauga Creek that were to be our home for more than 30 years.
The land was then part of the 800-acre-plus GDQ Ranch. As we came down to the creek, some of Queener's purebred Polled Hereford cattle were crossing.
The peace and tranquility of the scene were palpable. It was pure visual therapy. To this day, when I need to restore a sense of inner calm, I visualize this scene. The creek, the cattle, the early fall day all come together in perfect visual harmony. The picture does not do the scene justice, but the quest for tranquility continues to be a major theme in my photography.
This photograph was made with a Hasselblad 500CM camera with an 80mm Zeiss lens. The film was Kodak's Vericolor color negative stock.
Photograph and text copyright 2022, David B.Jenkins.
I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.
Soli Gloria Deo
For the glory of God alone
My book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia, is now out of print, although copies are apparently still available from Amazon, and possibly other sources. The second edition is now in the editing stage and is scheduled to be published on December 6th.
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