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Fall Photo Trips
Fall is here and it is time to get out and enjoy the last few weeks before the cold sets in. Now is the time of year to get those great autumn color shots.We usually head out to the North Carolina mountains to take some great fall pics but this year...
Clingmans Dome Trip
We had a great experience last week. A visit to Clingmans Dome in the rain. I know that this may not sound very appealing but it was fantastic.If you don't know where Clingman's Dome is located, it is in the Smoky Mountains National Park. It is over ...
Summer Absence
Well, I have had a very, very busy summer. I have not been able to attend to my blog or any other writing I enjoy. Now that fall is basically here maybe I will find time to write again. Especially now that our guests have departed and the home is mu...
Beautiful Mornings
The weather this week has just been gorgeous. This week each morning has been below 60 degrees to start out and the sun is shinning in a cloudless sky. I don't think you could ask for more perfect weather.This morning I got up and took off with my ...
Flower Portraits
I like to take flower portraits. I have found there are a few key elements to making a great flower portrait. You must have precise focus on the pistils and stamen of the flower and you must have a frame filled with the flower.Use a tripod and a macr...
Elusive Bluebird
We have an Eastern Bluebird that nests in our front yard every year. We have a cute birdhouse we bought at a flea market, it looks like a hollow tree trunk, and the bluebird seems to have taken out a yearly lease on it.There are 3 babies in the nest...

