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Signs of Spring!

Lo and behold, we are on the verge of merging into beautiful, warm Spring from cold, snowy Winter! We've been seeing some gorgeous sunsets on our walks around t...

Sunshine!!

It has been raining for about two weeks here, and lo and behold, we thank God, the sun is finally shining today! I opened some windows to let the beautiful air ...

Sunset Off of Our Deck!

Every once in awhile, I am able to capture a photo when there is a beautiful sunset. Within minutes of taking this, the colors were suddenly gone! We really do ...

Sunshine walk along Cane Creek!

It's been very cold here for days, including sub freezing temperatures. Finally, it was 60 degree weather today, with gorgeous sunshine, so we ventured out for ...

Ice Storm Power Outage!

Our area recently experienced an ice storm, and even though it was very beautiful, thousands of people were without power! A huge tree had fallen on a transform...

Apple Star!

During Christmas time, one of our little grandsons asked me to cut an apple horizontally to see the Star inside! We had never noticed this, so it was amazing! H...

Merry Christmas Season to All!!

We had a Christmas Tree decorating party at our house with several of our children & grandchildren, and it was really wonderful! We loved seeing the expressions...

Sunshine & Fall Colors From Our Deck!

It is a gorgeous Fall morning on our deck today! The colors are brilliant and the air feels brisk and clean. It has been raining for days here, so we really wel...

Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway!

We decided to travel up on the Blue Ridge Parkway to capture the beauty of brilliant Fall leaves before they have all fallen. There were many people parked at l...

Urban Orchard Cider!

Our Blue Ridge Mountaindowntown has a great place where there are many unique craft breweries. This week a new cider brewery has opened, and we visited there to...

Canadian Geese Return

Every Fall a flock of Canadian Geese arrive from up North, and settle on our neighborhood lakes. They stay in this area until Winter and snow begin to set in, a...

Downtown Black Bear Sculptures

Every year people create Black Bear Sculptures to decorate the streets of our downtown. Since live Black Bears are often seen in our mountains, they are appropr...

Sunset Walk at Our Neighborhood Lake!

The end of Summer days are still hot, but as evenings draw near, we sense the coolness of Autumn being ushered in! The majestic beauty of sunset over the lake b...

Mt. Pisgah, a Vortex in Great Smoky Mountains!

One of our favorite places to go hike and visit is Mt. Pisgah at 5,722 feet high in the Great Smoky Mountains. It was the first day of Autumn, the day before a ...

Lake Walk at Sunset

We went on a walk around our neighborhood lakes at sunset yesterday. The air was beautiful with an end of Summer feel, and since it was early evening, all was v...

Crepe Myrtle - Our Last Blooms of Summer!

We have two huge Crepe Myrtle trees in our yard that always have our last blooms of the Summer, and this year they have more flowers than ever before! Maybe it ...

Walking on the Greenway

We are really blessed to live in mountains that are amongst the oldest in the world! One of our favorite walks is along a greenway that follows a very ancient c...

Lake Sunset

We frequently walk around our neighborhood mountain lake, and recently I captured the beginning of late afternoon sun setting over the lake! 😍...

Biltmore Gardens

We went to visit and walk around at Biltmore Gardens to see the flowers and glass art sculptures by artist, Dale Chihuly. We were inspired by all of the rich co...

Mount Mitchell, Highest Peak East of the Rockies!

We went on a trip to the top of Mount Mitchell, in the NC Blue Ridge Mts., with some of our family, and it was a perfect day! It was the first day in a couple o...