THE BEST THE YEAR HAS TO OFFER...

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GATHER ROUND...

the campfire, its that time of year...roast a weenie...burn a marshmallow...make smores...cuddle up with the one you love...laugh and sing with your friends or just allow yourself to become hypnotized by the magic of the flames...relax and enjoy

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WELCOME AUTUMN...

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace

As I have seen in one autumnal face.

~John Donne

SOLITUDE...

I long for scenes where man has never trod;
A place where woman never smiled or wept;
There to abide with my Creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept:
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie:
The grass below-above the vaulted sky.
~John Clare

HARVEST MOON...

September's full moon gives us more time each day to harvest our crops...working till "late in the evening", we toil till the fields are bare and the pantries are full...now we are ready for the coming winter frosts!

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LATE SUMMER IN THE APPLACHIANS...

Butterfly Weed...a favorite of the bees as well as the butterfly. The Butterfly Weed is a member of the Milk Weed family and therefore, supplies an ample supply of nectar for our flying insect buddies...grows prolifically along roadsides in the gravel and poor soil. Must get entire root to successfully transplant.

Ironweed and a UFO!!!...

hovering above one of the most beautiful roadside wildflowers. Named for the strong stem required to hold the large clusters of gorgeous purple flowers. Used by Native Americans for stomach aches.

HAVE A GREAT DAY...

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LIFE ON THE EDGE...

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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AS PROMISED...

A hummingbird's nest...most nests are about the size of half a walnut shell, so, that would make this nest the "Mother of all hummingbird's nests". This nest is closer to the size of a coffee cup, made up of the usual moss, plant fibers and surprisingly they also use spider webs...found along a riverbank walkway by some very observant folks, who having stopped for a sit on the nearest bench, noticed the many trips of hummers to that particular tree. They went on a search as to why and discovered this well-camouflaged nest. My "hats off to them"...I still have trouble finding it and I know its there!

MORE FUN WITH THE BOYS...

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INCREDIBLE!!!...

7 YR. OLD CONNIE TALBOT OF GREAT BRITAIN HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A GOLD CD FOR HER FIRST ALBUM...ENJOY THIS UNBELIEVABLE YOUNG LADY WITH A VERY SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD...

The full moon of August is call the Red Moon as it rises in the sultry heat giving it a beautiful red color...(sadly not one of my pics)...we have been blessed with this beautiful moon the last few days here in the mountains...

RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET...

Nature never did betray, the heart that loved her.

~William Wordsworth

HOW CAN ANYTHING SO SMALL...

drink so much nectar??...I think I only have three Hummingbirds or Walelas as they are called by Native Americans, but they sure can put away the "sauce". So much fun to watch...soon to come, a Hummingbird's nest!

EVERYBODY NEEDS...

A FRIEND...

THE BOYS...

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MORE FAVORITES...

FLOATING FLOWER...

FULL JULY MOON...

July moon, known as both the Buck Moon for the deer who begin to develop their antlers and the Thunderstorm Moon with which we can all identify around here...

A VERY SPECIAL HOMECOMING...

In a few days, Cousin Flo and Darby Dog will be reunited and returning to their beautiful and cozy home at the lake. After an extended and harrowing stay in the hospital, Cousin Flo is coming home healthy !!and we are all full of gratitude and thanks for the miracle we have received...

Clair Lynch says in best in this beautiful song of praise to our Creator...

There's a swing on the backporch where I sit in the morning, When the sun is slowly rising with a Bible on my knee At the last swallow of coffee, I'll just sit there in your presence for a while, let your spirit come and move all over me

Thank you Lord for everything you've given me, you've provided every need both big and small More than all of the blessings that you pour out everyday, you're presence is my favorite gift of all

Sometimes late at nite when the kids (& Darby) are asleep I'll go out in the yard and just listen to the night And I can feel you Holy Spirit as a Whipporwill leads nature in a Praise song and every critter in the forest seems to cry out

Thank you Lord, for everything you've given me You've provided every need both big and small, More than all of the blessings that you pour out everyday, Your presence is my favorite gift of all.