Great Smoky Mountains – Oh, the Places We See . . .

One peaceful drive: Blue Ridge Parkway from Blowing Rock to Asheville

Although we’re living in stressful times in America right now and travel to faraway destinations seems a distant memory, we’ve found an antidote to fill our urge to get out and about: a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Billed as “America’s Favorite Drive” by the National Park Service, this beautiful winding highway offered at […]

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Elkmont: Once upon a time in the Great Smokies

Summertime is always the best of what might be. Charles Bowden If you stand still at Elkmont, you can almost hear summer. Kids laughing as they play tag around the old log cabins. Or waiting for lightning bugs to flicker at dusk. Mothers calling their kids in for supper. Old timers swapping tales of the […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140: Change of Scenery

One thing we’ve learned from the recent Pandemic brought on by COVID-19 is that we not only desire a change of scenery — we desperately need one! This week, Beth of Wandering Dawgs has asked us all to “get out and look for a change of scenery.” But, you see, we’re quite fortunate, living so […]

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A Quiet Moment: Lens-Artists Challenge 102

I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. Chaim Potok On a recent journey through the Great Smoky Mountains, we understood Patty’s Lens-Artists Challenge for this week: “A Quiet Moment” since, we, too, were searching for the hushed beauty […]

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The Long and Winding Road: Lens-Artists Challenge 100

Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Buddha With a congratulatory nod to the women who began the Lens-Artists Challenge and are now celebrating the 100th prompt, let us say “thank you” for influencing us to think creatively and artistically . This week, Tina of Travels and Trifles […]