Summer color

Angels for you

Neighbor Brad Waggoner has set up a new website to show off his Barn Angels.

Aren't they beautiful? Nearly as beautiful as his barn. (This one's just a tiny example. Most are bigger and much more elaborate.)

When so many people these days just destroy old things, it's good to see someone putting them to good use.

And there should be a law against tearing down old barns.

Peach day

We're picking peaches.
They look great in Lynne's beautiful basket.

Water colors

At Lake Apalachia.

And the Tellico River.

No water, just crepe myrtle against the forest.

Harshaw Chapel

On a hill overlooking Murphy, the old methodist church and cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.


The church was built by Joshua Harshaw, who was the largest slaveholder in Murphy.



Some of the graves predate the church.

Abram Enloe is believed by some to have been the father of Abraham Lincoln.

The high stones echo Murphy's towers and the mountains beyond (too bad about the power lines).

Another night of music

Moon over the Hiwassee Dam community center

...and great acts inside.


After the show, the music moved to the neighborhood

As dusk fellthere was picking in the moonlight.

Just another sunset

The rain passed us by, unfortunately, but the sunset was still worth a picture:

Mountaintop therapy

On the way home from an unscheduled hospital stay in Gainesville, a stop at Neels Gap:

And a short walk in the woods:

Along the Appalachian Trail.

Best way to get back to normal I know.

Back home

Just in time for a musical evening....


Could not focus on this bird but love the colors anyway:

Along the road

Nantahala River, morning.First paddlers.
Unicoi mountains overlook, near NC/TN border.
A unique ride, somewhere near WV/PA border.

Pictures of Lily

An AT story

The shocking 1981 murder of two campers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia was mentioned in Bill Bryson's book, A Walk in the Woods, and elsewhere.

This spring, those who knew the story were shocked to hear that the man who committed those murders had been out of prison for over ten years, and had tried it again, near the same spot on the Trail.

A great telling of the whole story, from the Washington Post: Blood on the Mountain.

Happy 4th

They started celebrating early in Murphy this morning: down in the park.


Good chance for kids to enjoy the Valley River.
...and the bears...
Confederate soldiers on display...
...history lessons.
...and from another war.
Good time for a fishing lesson, too.
The party is all day, with live music, and fireworks, of course, tonight.

Tellico

Tellico River.

Bald River Falls.

(for proportion, note the guy standing on the rock....)
In Tellico Plains, the bakery:


(Great sandwiches.)

On Hiwassee Lake

And another sunset: