Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Beacon, presiding and lost, but now found

The smoke stack, at the now closed (power) Plant Harllee Branch in my hometown of Milledgeville, Georgia, will be taken down this weekend.  The plant closed in 2015, but the 1000 foot smoke stack, with its blinking lights at the top, has remained until now.  It's how I always knew that I was close to home, when driving there from Atlanta to visit my (late) parents.  Approaching the bridge that goes over Lake Sinclair, there was that beacon in the distance, letting me know that I would be there in five minutes. 

What makes that a good thing?  (I got sentimental there.)  There's no smoke coming out of it, due to environmental protection guidelines.  And the photo of it over the water is gorgeous.   (Photo credit - Tanya Fuss Alexander.)

 Back at my place in suburban Atlanta, my neighbor's dragonfly garden stake presides over the wooded area in the back.

I lost the mate to this favorite earring at the end of September, on a day when I was leaving the oral surgeon in discomfort, stopping by the pharmacy for prescription filling, and the grocery store near my office, before heading into work.  I realized one earring was missing shortly after.  I looked all over and called all the places I had been, with no luck.

So yesterday, after work, I stopped by that grocery store, and on a whim, asked the bored looking customer service lady if there were any earrings in lost and found, by any chance.  She walked over and rummaged through a box.  She held up an earring and said, "Is this it?"  "YES!"  I can't believe I got it back.  It was a one of a kind set of earrings, purchased from a gallery in Grayton Beach, Florida.  I am so happy.  It's the little things...

I hope something makes you happy today.  Have a lovely weekend!

15 comments:

sage said...

That photo of the stack and sunset is incredible!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Congrats on finding your missing earring! That was a bit of good luck.

Elephant's Child said...

How WONDERFUL to find your precious earring again.
And yes, the photo of the smoke stack is amazing.

Lee said...

I think it's amazing you got your missing earring back. I can imagine how you felt...just wonderful.

We used to have a tall radio tower on the the outskirts leading into Brisbane that was a special landmark to us, too. I'd not thought about that in ages...I imagine it's still there...maybe it isn't. I've not been on that stretch of highway for 15 years.

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Lynn - fantastic photo of your beacon ... good to be credited - just sorry it's not your photo! So pleased you got your ear-ring back ... wonderful to see and to read about ... cheers Hilary

Leonora said...

Wow! You got your earring back! It goes to show that it's worth taking along shot and asking around because you never know.

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Crafty Green Poet said...

So glad you found your earring again!

I like the light on the smoke stack beacon

G. B. Miller said...

It truly is the little things that one encounters that can really brighten one's spirits.

And I agree with everyone, that sunset over the smokestack is something else.

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Lady Fi said...

Wow - that first shot is stunning!

Louvregirl said...

LOVE that you got your earring BACK. :-D (...and the smokestack looks like a marker, to me. :-) )

Louvregirl said...

Looks like silver so there is some value there, too, Lynn! Some nice soul picked it up and took it there! Many thanks! :-)

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

How wonderfully unexpected to have found the lost earring, Lynn. Too bad the beacon will be no longer as it looked lovely in that first shot.

Snaggle Tooth said...

pretty sunset! thanks

LL Cool Joe said...

That's so cool that you got your earring back. I bet you were pleased you asked the woman if one had been found in the store.

G. B. Miller said...

Cool photo of the smoke stack and nice sunset. Cool that you were able to make your earrings whole again.