Sunset over the Snowbird Mountains. 

There's color in the sumacs, if not much of elsewhere, except.... 

Everything's turning to gold... 

After the frost. 

Sudden winter

It's cold here. Well, it's cold everywhere right now. We have it relatively good.
For real cold, Marie has some SNOW! pictures on Blue Ridge Blog, up in the Boone area, not so very far away.....
My basil had a little wilt on it from the cold and I may pick all the other herbs, too, because even though the weather service says Cherokee County isn't under frost or freeze alert, I'm not sure I believe it.

More snow photos, from the Smokies, in photos on Fletch's No Direction Home blog, which turns out not to be defunct after all.

Mountaintop for sale...with a view. (The Blue Ridge in Georgia, taken Sunday.) 

A walk in the woods. 

Shoal Creek. Note the dog's tail. 

Tracks along the stream. Beaver? 

Dahlia. 

There is some color now.... 

Downtown Asheville, from top of the old JC Penney building... 

Looking north, with the Grove Park Inn on hillside in distance. 

This city full of gorgeous architecture. 

Persimmons. Lots of them. 

Bear on a mission

Several weeks ago (when we had a bear visitor) I linked to a photo of a bear taking extraordinary lengths to reach a bird feeder, on Fletch's No Directions Home blog (now defunct). Apparently these photos have made the rounds on the Internet, and today found a link to a gallery of several photos of this bear attack. These are pretty funny.

One colorful tree along the lake. 

Despite the lack of color on the hills, the sunset brings out what's there..... 

Fall Festival

At the Georgia Mountain Fair. 

Lots of things and people to see among the trees along Lake Chatuge. 

Making oak shakes. 

Beautifully restored old buildings here. Note the oak roof shingles. 

Inside one of the cabins, with original furnishings. 

Old-time crafts row. 

Water wheel. 

Around the neighborhood

Magic mushrooms. 

By the stream, a berry I don't recognize.