Swannanoa River

A reposted photo from last year.
Hiding behind Bi-Lo Grocery on Rt. 9 almost where it crosses I-40...here's this lovely river almost at it's headwaters.  The Swannanoa River.

 Flat Creek runs down from Montreat into it, as well as several other creeks, and then the North Fork of the Swannanoa comes in, and by the time it gets to Asheville, it's still pretty small, as rivers go.  Then it joins the French Broad River which goes rushing over to the Smokies and joins the Tennessee, which eventually joins the Ohio, which goes into the Mississippi.  I've lived near all those rivers except the Ohio.

I love that all these southeastern rivers have their American Indian names still.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

A.A. Milne (via Eeyore)
Winnie-the-Pooh

Icy view of the world

An icy view of my neighbors as I warm up the car and wait for the ice to melt on windows...somewhat pretty views through the ice.

Snowy mountains

Downtown Black Mountain, NC

Swannanoa, NC

Ingles Grocery headquarters

Snow in the neighborhood

Feb 13, 2014

Feb 11, 2014

Feb 10, 2014

Feb 10, 2014

Golf course

A simple home that has a great view of the golf course across the street. 

Taken Mon. 2.10.14

Most of Monday's snow melted on Tues, and then Wed. by 4 pm, this was what my yard looked like, and it was steadily falling.

Snow at the lake

At least the early snowfall didn't freeze on roads, so I was able to slowly go take a few pictures of the beauty.

The snow fell in big clumps, wet and heavy.  There's little relationship to "flakes" in this snow.

It's snowing (when it's supposed to be raining)

The Black Mountain Golf Course

Golf Course in the snow

These photos were taken at 1:30 on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014.  We weren't supposed to get bad snow till tomorrow.  The clouds just didn't listen to the weather forecast!

Here comes the front

Coming home from the grocery store, I got to see this lovely weather coming across the mountains north of town.

Dare say temperatures will drop noticeably tonight!

The greatest surprise is that there is anything at all -- that we are here.

David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer

Grey Eagle

This is a reposted photo from last year.

Until 1850's the town was known as Grey Eagle, as the Cherokee Indians had named it.  Now it's Black Mountain.

What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Quoted in Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese, by Kathryn and Ross Petras