Linked to Dawn’s Spring Festival 2022 and Cee’s Flower of the Day
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…
“Dance upon the mountains like a flame,” 2022
Flame azaleas grow wild here in the mountains of North Georgia, and I always look forward to seeing them bloom in the spring. They may very well be my favorite flowers. Unfortunately, the wild azalea shrub outside my kitchen window hasn’t bloomed at all since 2020. However, through the woods on both my property and…
Mountain Witch Alder
Mountain Witch Alder is native to the southeastern United States and has white bottlebrush-like flowers. This beautiful shrub is on my property, almost directly in front of the house. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day
American Red Squirrel
American Red Squirrels are characterized by their bushy, dark red tails and their white eye circles. This one was spotted at the bird feeder at my cousin’s vacation home in western North Carolina. However, none of us had ever seen a Red Squirrel before. Where I lived in northern Indiana for many years, the squirrels…
Spring Festival 2022: Week #5 ~ Loropetalum
In the Witch-Hazel family, Loropetalum is also known as Chinese Fringe Flower. The one on my property grows on the side of the drive that runs along the edge of the woods. Linked to Dawn’s Spring Festival 2022 and to Cee’s Flower of the Day
More Azalea colors
Several different azalea plants can be found in my woodland garden, and they don’t always bloom at the same time. I came home from spending a week away to find more colors in the garden… Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day
April snow in North Carolina
This sweet little cabin apparently serves as a guest house on a property in Valle Crucis, NC. While looking at the outside of the property, two of my cousins and I got out of the car to capture the snow that was falling that day. “How strange it is, sometimes, which conversations or events stay…
A flock of Goldfinches
Goldfinches rarely appear on my property in North Georgia. However, a flock of migrating Goldfinches stayed for several days at my cousin’s vacation home in Western North Carolina where I was visiting earlier this month. I photographed them through a window…
Spring Festival 2022: Week #4 ~ Flowering Dogwood
Linked to The Day After’s Spring Festival and Cee’s Flower of the Day
Unexpected in common hours 