Abba's Art

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  • A.I. Road Trip

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    The Cherahola Parkway is a scenic, mile-high, two-lane highway winding over the Smokies between Tellico Plains, TN and Robbinsville, NC. Earlier this week Ellie decided to take a road trip along it before the forests shed their spectacular, multi-hued fall display of color. Somehow, I had managed to cajole my permanent girlfriend to explore a…

  • Wonder and Gratitude

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    Fred D
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    The splendor of a lily bursting into bloom today immersed me in wonder and gratitude. Wonder of my Creator’s immeasurable greatness . . . Gratitude that the One who decks the fields with flowers (Luke 12:27); numbers and names the stars (Psalm 147:4); knit this infinitesimally small, wayward prodigal together in my mother’s womb (Psalm…

  • Promised Land

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    Fred D
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    As a young boy . . . a really long, long time ago 😊. . .  I spent summers fishing and wandering the forests of Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Eight decades later it remains my Happy Place where life’s trails and responsibilities consisted of running out of worms and bailing out…

  • Silent Time Capsules

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    Fred D
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    The Arctic Blast that brought record setting sub-zero temperatures and snowfalls to parts of Tennessee’s  Great Smoky Mountains has finally begun its departure.  Above average temps and lotsa’ rain are predicted to follow later this week . . . century climate change condensed into two weeks 😊 Ice mystically captures flowing water’s soothing serenity in…

  • Too Cold ???

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    Fred D
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    The Arctic freeze has descended on Tennessee. Up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ we awoke to a damp-cold winter wonderland of 4-degree pristine snow. It sparked a tinge of homesickness for the Last Frontier’s sub-zero, dry-cold winter wonderland. Truth be known, there’s no such thing as Too…

  • Christmas Lights

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    Fred D
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    “The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the people see His glory.” Psalm 97:6 Each day the This Day program on my computer displays pics taken on that day over the past 2 decades. Creation-scapes, special events, and times shared together with friends and family trigger fond memories I’ve been blessed to enjoy, and ominously…

  • The Hand of God

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    Fred D
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    World headline news, both at home and abroad, has become depressing. This ole ragamuffin is forever grateful he grew up in far more peaceable, collaborative, and nonviolent times. Creation’s wonders are my depression Go-To remedy. Climbing mountain cathedrals, wilderness wanders, cloud watching, and star gazing are among my favorite tonics. Light from stars thousands of…

  • Shuffling Through The Fallen

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    Fred D
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    Gary is a fellow ‘advanced state of maturity’ 😊blogger and Minnesota wilderness wanderer. Today he posted this poetically poignant fall musing . . . “I am the one gasping as a wind gust removes a hundred leaves to flutter. Up till now they have merrily waved at me all summer through life’s winds. Most of…

  • Great Smoky Mountain Symphony

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    Fred D
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    Today I attended a mile high Great Smoky Mountain symphony ‘listening’ to mountains sing and trees clap their hands . . . breathtaking kaleidoscopic splendor! “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst forth in song before you, and all the trees of the field…

  • Fall Watercolors

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    Fred D
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    Red and yellow . . . black . . . with a smidgen of white, all compose a colorful sight