"Red Barn"

Let's end the "Just Another Day - 2013" blog with a red barn and silo! On Lee Hwy. between Abingdon and Bristol, in Washington County, Va.

"A View From the Cove"

Looking across a low hanging limb at a new day beginning in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"South Holston River"

Drive by shot of South Holston River from Big Springs Rd. in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Holston Mountains"

Looking across South Holston Lake at the Holston Mountains from the top of South Holston Dam in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Smoky Mountain Crow"

A crow sitting on a fence post looking across Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Nolichucky Dam"

A man made waterfall! Here the waters of the Davy Crocket Reservoir Spill over the Nolichucky Dam on Asheville Hwy. near Greeneville, Tn.

"Moon Over Bristol"

A full moon shining through the trees in Bristol, Va.

December 20,2010

"Merry Christmas"

To all our family and friends, Merry Christmas! From our house to yours!

Randall & Audrey

"Merry Christmas Eve"

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ The Lord. From our house to yours, "MERRY CHRISTMAS"! In Bristol, Va./Tn.

"Sherfey Cabin"

The Sherfey Cabin, part of the Knob Creek Museum and Pioneer Homestead in Johnson City, Tn. This cabin was built in 1765 and was restored in 1995 by the current owners George &  Margaret Holley.

click here and here for more information on this cabin

"Bold and Beautiful"

Even the dead of winter can't hide the beauty of the mountains in Upper East Tennessee! Looking across South Holston Lake from the top of the dam with the Holston Mountain Range in the background on New Years Day 2009.

"AACA Cruise In"

A shot from the AACA Cruise in at Bristol, Va./Tn. taken in 2011.

"Bristol's Twin Towers"

 

Bristol's "Twin Towers"! Have no history on these, can only say they seem to have been preserved for future generations. Standing on a little landscaped hill behind a Burger King restaurant in a fully developed commercial district in Bristol, Va.

"Memories"

One man's memories, another man's dreams. An old abandoned farmhouse in Sullivan County, Tn. near Bristol.

"United States Post Office"

I posted this one back in August but not done up for Christmas like it is here. This is the old Post Office building in Bristol, Tn. At one time it also served as a Customs House. Now privately owned but available to the public by reservation.

"Moonlight"

The Moon, one day short of being full, shining over my neighborhood tonight in Bristol, Va./Tn.

"Moon Creek Farm"

This quilt barn is located at the intersection of Brown's Ridge Rd. (Old Erwin Hwy.) and Erwin Hwy, in Tusculum, Tn. 

For more on this barn see the link below.

click here for more info on this quilt barn

"Maple Grove Farm"

A quilt barn located on Hwy. 107 Cutoff, sometimes called Jonesborough, Rd., in Greene County, Tn.
 click here for more information on this quilt barn

"Spivey Gap Quilt Barn"

A quilt barn on Spivey Mountain Rd. (Hwy. 19W) in Unicoi County, Tn.

"Fan Pattern"

"Fan Pattern" quilt block displayed on a small barn off Hwy. 81S near Jonesborough, Tn. A little bit of daytime "Moonage" in the background is an added bonus!

"Tennessee Tulip"

A barn displaying the "Tennessee Tulip" quilt pattern sits off Hwy. 91 in Shady Valley, Tn. This is the oldest barn in Shady Valley, having weathered 150 years. The restored working barn features hand-hewn feeder troughs and dovetail construction. The quilt square was painted by local artist Rick Bellamy.

"Double Wedding Ring"

A barn displaying the "Double Wedding Ring" quilt pattern on the Shoun Farm off Hwy. 67S in Johnson County, Tn. near Mountain City.

"Massengill Barn"

Red barn on Massengill Farm off Hwy. 11E in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Saltville, Va."

Looking at Saltville, Va. from a lookout on Hwy. 107 in Smyth County, Va.

"Tis the Season"

Community greeting from a mountain top overlooking Elizabethton in Carter County, Tn. This is how we say "Happy Holidays" around here! How do you say it?

"Birthplace of Country Music"

All roads lead to Bristol, Tn./Va. the birthplace of Country Music. Downtown near state line at Bristol, Tn. Chamber of Commerce.

"Let it Snow"

Well, I'm getting out of the fall color thing. Unfortunately, it ain't doing anything like this around here yet. This shot is from last year here in my neighborhood in Bristol, Va.

"Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail"

A nice drive thru Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail this past October. I know the fall colors are gone now. I will try to make this my last fall color post, but with 74 degree temps in December, I can only hope for snow ...... 

Here I'm in the

"Great Smoky Mountains National Park"

"Sunset on Whitetop Mtn."

 A sunset from Whitetop Mountain in Washington County near Whitetop, Va. A very cold blustery evening on the mountain. Straight from the card, only edit is the "jrd photos" logo.

"Survivor in Time"

This old house has stood back in a field off Highway 58 in Washington County, Va. for many years, abandoned and all but forgotten. I rode by yesterday and the new highway project has literally stepped up to the front door of this old house, yet she's still standing. Find her here on Google Maps ..... 36.672737,-81.8628 .....

"Whitetop Mountain"

These three trees are refusing to give it up! From the top of Whitetop Mountain near Whitetop, Va. Thanks to my wife, Audrey, for pointing these out to me!

"White Cross Shed"

 

A white cross on a shed at a location off Lee Hwy. in Washington County, Va. near Bristol.

"Barn on Austin Springs"

An old barn on Austin Springs Rd. in Sullivan County, Tn. 

Find me here on Google Maps

36.414393,-82.312367

"First Snow of the Season"

It's still Fall Y'all! And yes, white is a fall color. On top of South Holston Dam in Sullivan County, Tn. 

 This is why I love living here! Why not? I could go anywhere in the world, but I would always come back home! Holston Mountain in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Entrance to Shelby Hills"

Entrance to Shelby Hills Cemetery in Bristol, Tn. I own real estate here! .... :) .....  This is our first hint of Winter here in the Mountain Empire! Happy Thanksgiving All!

"Church Steeple"

A church steeple in Johnson City, Tn.

"Eight Pointer"

Eight point buck in a field in Cades Cove, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Just Swinging"

An old swinging bridge crosses the North Fork Holston River on North Fork River Rd. in Washington County, Va.

copy and paste these coordinates in to Google Maps search bar for location

36.836686,-81.884537

"CSX Copper Creek Viaduct"

CSX Railroad trestle crossing Copper Creek in Scott County, Va. This trestle was finished in 1908 and is 167 ft. tall.

"Barn - Rose Mountain"

A rare find! A cantilever barn resting on

"Rose Mountain" in Claiborne County, Tn.

"Broyhill Park"

"Broyhill Park", in downtown Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

"Fall on the Parkway"

Fall in all it's glory! A view from the Blue Ridge Parkway between Grandfather Mountain and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

"On Rose Mountain"

Another angle of a reconstructed homestead that I posted back in October! On Rose Mountain in Claiborne County, Tn.

"Moon Over Bristol"

The Moon shining over my neighborhood tonight in Bristol, Va.

"What You Lookin' At?"

Don't know if he was trying to smile, or just expressing attitude! Either way, his aggression made it hard to get a better picture. A spider defending his moss covered rock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"A View From Roaring Fork"

 Looking out across the Smoky Mountains from one of my favorite spots! Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

"Gatlinburg, Tn."

Looking down on Gatlinburg, Tn. from an overlook on the bypass. In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

"Across the Meadow - Grandfather Mountain"

Looking across the meadow at Grandfather Mountain. Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linnville, N.C.

  click here

for more information on Grandfather Mountain State Park

"On Walker Mountain"

Sun shining down through the trees from the top of Walker Mountain near Hungry Mother Park in Smyth County, Va.