Tag: Great Smoky Mountains
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Elvis, Romeo and Me
The thermometer registered at 28 this morning as I scraped ice off the car’s windshield and gathered an armload of wood to stoke the wood-stove. Outside the wilderness has replaced its forest greens with golden-orange hues as summer exits and fall arrives. Once again its time to bid adieu to the Last Frontier and…
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Nature’s Healing Touch
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” – John Muir Such was my Lost and Found therapy wandering the Great Smoky Mountain forests. Shinrin-yoku (‘forest bathing’) is the Japanese practice of immersing oneself in the wilderness for mind and body healing renewal. John Muir expressed it as ……
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Home Break-in
Last evening up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ our sanctuary’s normal peaceful solitude was violated! . . . a small tree house was broken into and removed from its location! Fortunately, the small home’s tenants took ‘flight’ and no one was harmed. Unfortunately, the ransacked home was…
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Family Grubbing – Part 2
Mama and her kids showed back up this morning. They almost look cute enough to consider adopting, but not after seeing where they’ve been sticking their noses 😊 Watching all these little guys a wierd thought suddenly flashed through my ADHD noggin’, not an uncommon event for this ole dude . . . Mark 5:12-13…
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Family Grubbing
Moma and her seven piglets showed up to last night and went ‘hog wild’ ‘rooting around’ for grub to ‘pig out’ on … lotsa’ ‘swineing’ going on 😊… that was really bad ☹ Smile … fire up the grill … and pass the Bar-B-Q sauce 😊 Keep Looking Up ^ . . . His Best…
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Free Lawn Care
We’re truly grateful for the quiet sanctuary from the cacophony of the everyday hustle and bustle our Smoky Mountain digs provides. Up here on the mountain most of the friendly neighbors we share the forest with don’t have lawns. Those who do are eligible for free lawn care services by roaming groups of feral neighbors…
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Wild Serenity
Tucked away in the Smokies, each day we delight in unexpected visits from neighbors who have roamed these forests for eons. Gracefully wandering the woodlands, the gentle Odocoileus virginianus are among our favorites. Today a family’s silent, streamside procession in the fallen snow was yet another blessing to enjoy. We R Blessed . . .…
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Snow-Ma-Geddon
“He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.” Psalm 147:16 This weekend’s winter snowstorm with single digit temperatures was a local meteorological anomaly. While the Smoky Mountains higher peaks above 5,000 ft average 70” of snow each winter, Knoxville, TN at 900 ft. 30 miles east of us averages 4”-8” each…
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The Scene – The Sign – The Sermon
The sign silently proclaimed a sermon of the awesome wonder of God’s creation we glimpsed today in panoramic splendor in our Great Smoky Mountains backyard . . . We are Blessed . . . May you be too. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 Keep Looking Up ^ ……
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Fall > Winter in One Day
My oldest daughter Karin spent few happy days together with us 2 ole duffers last week. She got to see Smoky Mountains spectacular fall colors and the pristine beauty of winter’s first snow on the mountain tops in the same day. Here’s a few pics what was ours to enjoy in the special corner of…
