"New Years Eve 2014"

A mockingbird hanging out in the neighborhood. My front yard in Bristol, Va.

"Moon Rise on the Holston"

 

The moon rises over the Holston Mountain range in the Cherokee National Forest. From my sisters front yard in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Woodchuck"

Woodchuck, Whistle Pig or Groundhog? What do you call this critter in your neck of the woods. In Abingdon, Va.

"Just A Tree"

"Just A Tree"! Everybody likes trees. Well, here's one I found in the Moccasin Gap area of Russell County, Va.

"Nuthatch - City Limits"

Hmmm! Wonder what's down in here? A nuthatch hanging around in the neighborhood here in Bristol, Va.

"Old Crow"

Just an "Old Crow" hanging around in my front yard. In Bristol, Va.

"Middle Prong @ Tremont"

Middle Prong of the Little River at Tremont, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"From Our House to Yours - Merry Christmas"

From our house to yours, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Randall & Audrey ... :) ...

"A Starling Moment"

Yep! It's just a bird. In my front yard in Bristol, Va. "A Starling Moment"!

"Almost Gone"

An old homestead giving it up. All but forgotten and "Almost Gone" in Scott County, Va.

"Post Office - Customs House"

Christmas at the old "Post Office - Customs House". Tonight, in Bristol, Tn.

"Only the Memories Remain"

An old house still stands holding only the memories of days long ago. In a field on Boyd's Creek Hwy. in Sevier County, Tn.

"Hide and Seek"

Another one of them 'urbanized' squirrels playing hide and seek in my front yard in Bristol, Va.

"Sunset in Cades Cove"

A sunset in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park taken in July 2011.

"Weir Dams on South Holston"

The Weir Dams at Osceola Island just below South Holston Dam in Sullivan County, Tn.

"South Holston Lake"

Looking across South Holston Lake in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Just One More Race"

Looking across a field at Bristol Motor Speedway - "'The World's Fastest Half Mile", a lone barn can be seen hanging on for "Just One More Race". In Bristol, Tn.

"A Starling Moment"

"A Starling Moment" in my front yard in Bristol, Va.

"Guardian Angel"

A little Angel stands in prayer in a front yard in my neighborhood in Bristol, Va.

"Roan Mountain Riding Company"

Roan Mountain Riding Company storefront in Roan Mountain, Tn.

"Holston Mountain Range"

Holston Mountain range in the Cherokee National Forest in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Rock Man"

Someone left their mark in the form of a "Rock Man" in a creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Blue Ridge Parkway"

View from the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, N.C. taken this past August.

"Bristol Moon"

Looking at the moon from my front yard tonight in Bristol, Va. just before it was totally obscured by clouds.

"Reflections on War Ford"

Looking up the Pigeon River at War Ford from a bridge on Hwy. 321 in Newport, Tn. this past October.

"Christmas Time in Bristol"

Christmas time in Bristol, Va./Tn.

"BNSF Comes to Bristol"

A BNSF (Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway) diesel comes into Union Depot in Bristol, Va./Tn. this past spring accompanied by two Norfolk Southern diesels. You don't see one of these just every day around here.

"An Old Barn"

An old barn on Dishner Valley Rd. in Washington County, Va.

"Rock Hill Baptist Church"

Rock Hill Baptist Church on Rock Hill Ln. in Washington County, Va.

"Starling"

A Starling hanging out in the neighborhood in Bristol, Va. on a warmer day back in the Spring!

"Swing In A Tree"

Just a swing in a tree! Off Dishner Valley Rd. in Washington County, Va. near Bristol.

"There Are Angels Among Us!"

"There are angels among us!"

A stained glass image of an angel on the wall at Glenwood Cemetery Mausoleum in Bristol, Tn.

"East Lawn Sunset"

Another Tennessee sunset from East Lawn Cemetery in Sullivan County, Tn. near Kingsport.

"Just Giving Thanks"

 

Here's what we woke up to today in our neighborhood in Bristol, Va. That's okay, I love snow! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day! 

"Happy Thanksgiving"

 "Run boys! He's lookin' for dinner!"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the GSMNP.

To all my family, friends and photo buddies, may your day be blessed with lots of family, food and good cheer!   

"Barn on Hwy. 11W"

A local barn sitting in a corn field on Hwy. 11W here in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Holston Mtn."

Even 'Ole Man' winter can't take the beauty away from the mountains in Upper East Tennessee. Looking at the Holston Mountain range from the top of South Holston Dam in Sullivan County, Tn. on my birthday last year. New Years Eve!

"Mallard Duck"

A male Mallard duck along side Laurel Creek on the Virginia Creeper Trail in Damascus, Va.

"City Life"

Just another one of my little furry friends hanging out in my front yard in Bristol, Va.

"Hanging Out"

A young Downy Woodpecker hanging out at the bird feeders in a front yard in Bristol, Va.

"In The Neighborhood"

And some days ..... it rains! My front yard in Bristol, Va.

"Tennessee Sunset"

Another one of those beautiful "Tennessee" sunsets near Jonesborough, Tn.

"Old Fairgrounds Barn"

This barn is one of the few remaining structures from the "old fairgrounds" in Abingdon, Va.

"Bird in the Hood"

This starling was hanging out in my front yard a few days ago.

"Blue Heron in Laurel Creek"

A Blue Heron fishing for lunch in Laurel Creek along side the Virginia Creeper Trail in Damascus, Va. yesterday.

"Evening Sky"

This evenings sunset! In Abingdon, Va.

"Ornamental Grass"

Ornamental grass don't focus good on a windy day! In the neighborhood, in Bristol, Va.

"Just A Spider"

Not sure what the white stuff this spider is protecting is but he wasn't coming off it! In a tree at Abrams Falls trailhead in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.