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Tag: Fall Colors

  • Smoky Mountain Fall Spendor

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    Ellie and I motored up to the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains today.  Standing atop  Clingman’s Dome at 6,643 ft you can see 7 states on a clear day … TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA and AL … on this clear day, from this height, all were joined in hushed peace. As Summer’s…

  • Fall Watercolors

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

  • Great Smoky Mountain Splendor

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    “Earth’s crammed with Heaven, and every common bush afire with God, but only he who see takes off his shoes.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning Today, in the Fall splendor of Great Smoky Mountains, I gazed amazed in barefoot wonder. “This is my Father’s world:I rest me in the thoughtOf rocks and trees, of skies and seas—His…

  • Drizzly Day Wander

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    Drizzly days disperse sunny day shadows casting the landscape with a muted, impressionist, Monet haze.   Such was mine on a wilderness wander up Castle Mountain today. Other than an unexpected spill crossing  a swamp  . . . resulting in an ‘invigorating’ mud bath . . . it was an tranquil, color splashed antithesis to…

  • Creation Eye Candy

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    Tundra’s fall color peak is an ephemeral event, lasting but a few days. This year we were blessed to catch this incredible kaleidoscopic explosion of colors at Denali National Park. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s 7,000. They scarcely begin to define the vibrant hues of crimson and gold carpeting the vast…

  • Denali’s Fall Splendor

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    “Thanks for the food Lord, and please let the sun come out.” Such was my short breakfast appeal prayed over Wendy’s sausage egg croissants and free senior coffee . . . senior coffee is a freebie at  Wendy’s for all ole duffers 😊 Ellie and I were headed north to Denali National Park to visit…