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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Icicle Trees

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   Early morning, the tree branches had beautiful shaped icicle branches when we drive over the Smoky Mountains.  Later in the day, th...

Entering "Happily Ever After"

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While driving to Brasstown Bald Mountain, we turned at a sign that read "Entering Happily Every After".  Within a few mil...

Kephart Prong Trail

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We hiked Kephart Prong Trail for a short distance.  It branches into several trails of various lengths. I enjoyed the colorful leav...

Before Winter Grey

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The lovely paintings of brilliant colors are now memories.  These pictures were taken in November before the leaves have fallen. The r...

The Wood Nymph

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The Wood Nymph A glint of her hair or a flash of her shoulder — That is the most I can boast to have seen, Then all is lost as t...

A Mountain Riddle

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   Riddles in the Dark  by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Riddle 1: What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it go...

Deep Creek Loop Hike

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There are so many creeks and streams in the Smoky Mountains.  This one was located in the Deep Creek Trailhead located north of Bryson Ci...

Clingmans Dome Smoky Mountains

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The view from top of Clingmans Dome which is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.  At 6,643...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Snow Flowers of the Smoky Mountains

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These flowers had endured a snow storm the week before.  Their white petals against brown stalks and white snow on the ground was some...

Approaching Winter Stillness

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I love black and white photos of trees and forest.  The contrast in shadows and light creates a stillness in these photos.  You don...

Smoky Mountain "Kuwah'hi" Water Fall

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           This is the first waterfall that you see when you first enter the Smoky Mountain Park.  It is visible from the r...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

"The Mountain Stood in Haze"

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  The Mountain Stood in Haze The Mountains stood in Haze— The Valleys stopped below And went or waited as they liked The Rive...

Land of Blue Smoke Legend of "The Great Bear"

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The Land of Blue Smoke is my ancestral homeland of the Cherokees.  I cannot say enough of its beauty, misty and smoky peaks. ...

The Land of Blue Smoke Treasury

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These pictures were taken in early November a few days after the first snow fall in the Smoky Mountains. The leaves still sparkl...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Southern Cotton Fields and A Remembrance for Veterans 'In Flander Fields'

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These pictures are of Cotton fields off of Hwy 82 in South Georgia in November.  The cotton looks like a blanket of white snow.  I had...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Marquette Serenity

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These pictures were taken driving around Lake Superior outside of Marquette.  The color, lines and shapes of the images surprise me...

Starrs Mill and Waterfall

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The red-painted Starr’s Mill, in Fayette County just a mile south of Peachtree City, is one of the most historic,...