The Blue Ridge Parkway is just above our place, a short drive to one of the most popular “high” ways […]

The Blue Ridge Parkway is just above our place, a short drive to one of the most popular “high” ways […]
I swear I can’t step outside the door without spying some critter I’ve never seen and have no idea what […]
After their long “sojourn of stillness” in the ground, the cicadas are returning to the Blue Ridge Mountains (actually, they’re […]
My neighbor, the blue-tail skink, posed for me this afternoon. This beautiful creature reminded me of a lesson, a question, […]
From our sauntering hike near Bryson City, NC the other day.
The Life of Nature presses on, as we earthbound bipeds struggle with disease, death and what tomorrow may bring … […]
Here in Western North Carolina the mountains and forests are tied up in twisted trails, branches, roots and vines. Nature […]
First snow of the season here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Might slip to around 12 degrees tonight. Icy cold […]
One of our neighbors came calling this morning of Passover and Easter weekend. A black bear sauntered across the patio […]
I know that’s not much of a title, but it’s what hiked into my head after a first-Saturday-in-Spring saunter with […]
A selection of some of my phavorite photos in Black and White. (Sometimes color becomes the greatest distraction. . .with […]