Living in Black Mountain, NC

 Yesterday I watched ice form on the ridgetop in the afternoon.  And this morning I watched the sunrise hit the same ridge, but this time ...

Or maybe it was hoar frost. I tried looking them up.  But since it was on ridges, and caused rapidly by a fog flowing over the ridge, I can...

 Of course I was drawn to the ceramic cats!  This hand crafted one got my attention. And this one is slip trailed on a tile...s...

The infamous (by my own historic musings) American Cat Museum (aka The Great American Cat Museum.)...is in Sylva, NC. Helen said, when are...

Is it just me, reaching a certain age? Or a certain income? Or a certain level of loving to read a real book almost an hour a day? I LOVE ...

Montreat Assembly Retreat as Internment Site during WW II From Oct. 30, 1942- to April 30, 1943 -Japanese women in kimonos at Assembly I...

 A raft of yellow (Beech?) leaves pile up in a quiet area of Flat Creek, just below the foot bridge.  Gurgling water hits sto...

 There are little streaks of white in the distance (left of the dead tree) showing the strip mining of feldspar at Spruce Pine NC. ...

 A lone observer stood beside the sentinel tree, just looking at the vast space before him.