Photography
Good Morning, Miss Spider
Turned on the floodlights to let the dogs out and discovered this beautiful web spread between the roof and the top of the fence. Good morning, Miss Spider. Normally, the web would have been invisible in the fog and dark of the rainy morning, but the floodlight was perfectly positioned to illuminate my subject. As…
Read MoreSummer Evening For Horses
We had a perfect late summer evening for horses last night. Our weather has been unseasonably hot the last few weeks, though that is still much cooler than most of the east coast. Yesterday evening, however, was near perfect for this time of year with clear skies and little threat of showers. We were driving…
Read MoreSarge’s Downtown Dog Walk 2016
Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation held their 11th Annual Downtown Dog Walk 2016 yesterday (August 6) in Waynesville, NC. As the largest fundraiser for this terrific animal rescue, the event is very well attended with well over a hundred of man’s best friends in attendance. For the past several years, I have edited a video of…
Read MoreQueen Annes Lace and A Mushroom
A walk around our property with my visiting Super Nephew allowed us to explore the various plants, including Queen Annes Lace and a bright orange mushroom. Queen Annes Lace grows commonly in our mountains. Most people do not realize, however, that it is a member of the carrot family and is commonly called Wild Carrot.…
Read MoreStaring Steer (Nope. Don’t Want to)
More than wild animals wander into our yard, as shown by this staring steer. He wandered over from next door and resented my suggestion he go home. The horses of Cataloochee Ranch are the stars, but a herd of cattle also lives on the ranch through the summer. With the ranch approaching a thousand acres,…
Read MoreWoodpeckers
Our woods are alive with so many colorful birds, but my eye was drawn to two different woodpeckers foraging for their dinner. The Downy Woodpecker is common to our forests, but can be hard to spot. The males have a bright red splash of color on the top of their head, but the females, like…
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