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Sherry's Place
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A blog about nature and the outdoors and life in the mountains of the southern US, photos, flowers and trees, butterflies, birds, dogs, cats, and more.
Recent Posts
November Flooding and Flowers
- After many more days of torrential rains, we had major flooding here last week. We have not had frost here yet though and with all the rain and warm temperatures, I still have flowers blooming! My daylilies have even budded again (photo at left), t...
More Fall Color
After a few more days of rain, we finally had a warm and sunny day today, with a temperature of around 80 degrees. The warm sunshine brought the bees and sulphur butterflies to my still-blooming flowers. (We have so many of these sulphur butterflies ...
Colorful Leaves
After nearly a month of torrential rains here and cooler windy weather for the past couple of days, a lot of the leaves have already fallen. There is lot of green still left in the mountains but in the sunniest areas, the leaves are at peak color. Th...
Fall Lake
This is a local lake on a cloudy and misty day here in the Great Smokies. These photos were taken from a nearby scenic overlook. Click photos to enlarge. - Colorful leaves and lake - Mountain lake and dam, Fall col...
The Best and Worst of this Years Garden
Are there any plants you were disappointed in this year? I have planted several “new” plants in my Zone 7 gardens and made four new flower beds this spring and summer. I am happy with most of these improvements so far, including the many ...
Black Walnut Trees
The Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) is one of our most common native trees. We have many of these trees in the woods near the yard and right now, they are absolutely filled with walnuts and their foliage is bright yellow, very pretty against the blue...

