Claude Suttle's Photos from the 1960s

Claude Suttle and his wife once lived at the first house on the left on the eastern end of Park Drive-- pictured above. He was a wonderful photographer who worked in black and white and sometimes sepiatone in the middle part of the last century, probably with a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera. Pine Lake is richly featured, but he took photos all over the world. From time to time I use one of his images, scanned from 8" x 10" prints-- always with attribution.

One of Claude's favorite subjects-- understandably-- was his house. It looks much the same today.

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No Fishing!

On my walk Wednesday morning I saw the citizen-painted no fishing signs had gone up.

The ban on fishing is in place because only fingerlings are in the lake. It will take them about a year to grow large enough for fishing-- so get your poles and worms ready for April or May of next year.

Yellow House

Heron Island

Pine Lake's favorite little (and only) island is once again looking good.

I understand the Girl Scouts will soon plant a willow tree. That would be wonderful.

Late August Flowers

No Park, No Swim!

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I thought a major purpose of the dredging of the lake was to make it deep enough so the water would remain cool during the hot months, inhibiting the growth of bacteria so the lake wouldn't have to be closed to swimming.

So I was disappointed to see this no swimming sign a couple of weeks ago.

When the lake was being dredged last year I wondered why they didn't dig deeper.

U-Spray

Long ago I discovered Do It Yourself Pest Control on Chamblee-Tucker Road. Within a week a long-running problem with ants had been solved-- with no bug spray, and for only a few dollars!

When I moved to Pine Lake I was visited with a variety of pests-- palmetto bugs, spiders, ants, and one year an infestation of rats. I knew how to get rid of the ants and rats-- with Grants for Ants base stations placed every six feet or so outside around the perimeter of my house and D-Con, respectively-- but I had no clue about the palmetto bugs.What the frak WERE those things? They looked like extras from a 1950s science fiction movie!

DIY Pest Control was now out of the way, but fortunately I found a similar store at 4653 Highway 78 in Lilburn. U-Spray sells much the same products and the staff has been helpful when I've visited-- which has been often.

I learned palmetto bugs live in trees and wander into houses in search of water. They promptly die, but not before scaring the bejesus out of anyone who encounters them. Alas, I learned, there's no easy way to get rid of them short of clear cutting one's property.

Grants for Ants keeps ants away. If I see ants (I get the itty bitty kind) I put stations outside, nearby, and they're gone a few days later. When rats got into my house (which happened on occasion until I plugged up their entry point with sheet metal), they promptly died. I keep termites under control with Advance bait stations, which I have placed around the perimeter of my house. As for palmetto bugs-- well, I've learned to live with them. I get a lot of exercise chasing them around with a shoe.

Duck Family and Bonus Squirrel

What Five Months Can Do

March 2012

August 2012

Blue Heron and Turtles

White Egret on Willow Island

My Favorite Place to Sit...

... and it's a 60-second walk from my front door!