Near the Yonahlossee Overlook in Western North Carolina
Category: Appalachia
The Linn Cove Viaduct
The last link in the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Linn Cove Viaduct was completed in 1987 at a cost of $10 million and wraps around the slope of Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina. The mountain is the highest and most rugged peak in the Blue Ridge Mountain range. Recognized as an engineering marvel, the…
Mountain Witch Alder
The Mountain Witch Alder (Fothergilla major) is native to the woodlands here in the Southern Appalachians. This year the bottlebrush flowers appeared before most of the leaves emerged. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day
An interesting find. What is it?
Last month when grandson Ben came for a socially-distanced porch visit, he brought an artifact he had found, hoping I could identify it for him. He found it in a creek near his home. It’s very heavy, apparently made of iron, appears to have had handles although one is now missing, is hollowed out on…
Blackberry Winter
Every year after the cold of winter, the weather gets warmer, and everyone thinks Spring has arrived. But then it turns cold again, and that’s what we call Blackberry Winter when the blackberry bushes bloom. “Blackberry winter comes without a warningJust when you think that spring’s around to stayAnd you wake up on a cold,…
Blackberry Winter
Blackberry Winter is a term used in the American South to describe a cold snap in late Spring that coincides with the blooming of blackberry bushes. Sometimes we barely notice it, just a couple of days of cold weather amongst the warmth. But we know it has come and gone when the blackberries begin to…
In our woodland garden: Trillium
Trillium flowers face downward, so my photos this year are largely of the underside of the blooms. Last year, in trying to position one for a better photo, I damaged it. I didn’t want a repeat performance this Spring. The state of Georgia where I live has more trillium species than anywhere else in the…
In our woodland garden: Wild Azaleas “dance upon the mountains like a flame”
Flame Azalea grows wild in the Appalachian Mountains and can be found along the edge of the woods on our property. “Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!” (William Butler Yeats)
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges
Bridges of Northeast Georgia Bridge over Town Creek Over Tallulah Gorge Bridge over Chickamauga Creek Stovall Mill Covered Bridge “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”Isaac Newton See more bridges or join the fun here.
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