Lovely day

Persimmons. Someone needs to shake them down and make persimmon butter.

Late October color

I'm not gettting out to take photos these days (soon!) but the colors are starting to hit their second stage....

In Tennessee

Smokey Mountains across Tellico Lake.


On the road, near Ballplay.

At Cherokee Lake

More of the same

Hiwassee Lake.


Apalachia Lake.


Shulers Creek meets the "dry gorge" of the Hiwassee.

Beautiful fall day

Playing around

I got a new camera to take closeups, since it was the one thing my trusty Kodak zoom couldn't do well. It's about time to record the flowers before they go away, anyway.

We have rain!

It's been a long time coming. So the pictures aren't much but today I'm thinking of my parents, married 70 years ago today amid the wreckage of a late southern New England hurricane....