Marveling at nature...What looks like a snow covered lake is actually fog that hangs in a lower valley. It often moves up through our mou...

  Early this morning during our daily 'forced march',  we were rewarded with views of our mountain fall colors.  Yes.....stunning!

You know when I throw one of these nature scene photos in my blog....it means I'm headlong into a project and not spending much time on ...

  Fortunately, the prediction of a huge snow storm didn't quite materialize....we got about 2 inches on the ground.  As is often the cas...

We live in a lovely rural mountain valley in Western North Carolina........45 mins. West of Asheville &   24 miles East from the Tenness...

  This strange year goes on and on..... our fall here in the Blue Ridge Mountains usually features a prolonged stunning display of color. W...

We took advantage of a beautiful summer day for another social distancing drive  on a waterfall tour.  There are hundreds of waterfalls in ...

We were told by locals when we moved here that for every foggy summer morning, we'd have 1 day of snow in the winter.  I sure hope not....

The weather pattern this summer is nearly identical to the very first one we experienced after moving here in the spring of 2006.  It rains ...

As mentioned in the past, we live in a beautiful small mountain valley located in Western North Carolina.  There's a reason this area i...

We belong to a very active car club.  Our Drive and Dine events are always very popular....even if that now means drive and picnic with soc...

After sheltering in place (except for essentials) since March 13th we joined friends for a social distancing/mask wearing outing.  Day one ...

Asheville, NC and the surrounding areas are known for its art.....truly you can't go very far in any direction without experiencing work...

Oh my, what a treat!!!  The Biltmore Estate is hosting another Downton Abbey Exhibit and I've been preparing for my visit by (yet again...