"Whistle Pig"

Found this groundhog hanging around in a cemetery in Bristol, Tn. back earlier this past summer.

"Groundhog"

Spotted this groundhog in a cemetery in Bristol, Tn. yesterday afternoon.

"I Salute You"

This young soldier was walking through, stopping and saluting at each headstone. Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tn. Memorial Day 2015. My hat's off to you! Thanks for your service!

"Mountain Home National Cemetery"

In memory of all who served, Mountain Home National Cemetery at Mountain Home, Tn.

"It's Fall Y'all"

A little taste of fall! Leaves and all! In Bristol, Va./Tn.

"Guardian Angel"

An Angel stands guard in a cemetery on the mountain near Ripshin Lake in Carter County, Tn.

"Looking West"

Looking west across Bristol, Va./Tn. from East Hill Cemetery.

"Weaver Union Church"

Weaver Union Church and Weaver Cemetery on Peoples Rd. in Sullivan County, Tn.

"Cedar Grove Baptist Church"

Cedar Grove Baptist Church on Clinch Mountain Rd. in Russel County, Va.

"East Hill Cemetery"

Looking down Carriage Road in East Hill Cemetery in Bristol, Tn.

"Central Lutheran Church"

Central Lutheran Church at Burkes Garden in Tazewell County, Va.

"Bambi @ East Hill"

Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the rose!

Bambi, in East Hill Cemetery in Bristol, Va./Tn.

"Evening Sky @ East Hill"

View of this evenings sky looking down State Street from East Hill Cemetery in Bristol, Va./Tn.

"Tennessee Evening"

Evening sky over Sullivan County, Tn. as seen from Weaver Cemetery near Bristol, Tn.

"Sunset Over Bristol"

Looking out over downtown Bristol, Va./Tn. this evening as the sun goes down. Seen here from Pleasant Hill Memorial Garden in East Hill Cemetery.

"Cemetery Lodge"

 

Looking down on the back side of Cemetery Lodge from the top of Monument Hill at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery this past Memorial Day weekend. In Greeneville, Tn. 

 Another shot of the Cemetery Lodge, looking at it from the entrance to the cemetery.

"Weaver Union Church"

Weaver Union Methodist Church as viewed across the adjoining cemetery, off Weaver Pike, in Sullivan County, Tn.

"In the Country"

A country scene in Sullivan County, Tn.

"The Carter Mansion"

 

 "The Carter Mansion" was built around 1775 by John Carter and his son Landon. John Carter was chairman of the Watauga Association, a court of men elected by settlers of Watauga County in May 1772, in what was probably North Carolina at the time. Carter County, Tn. is named for Landon Carter and the town of Elizabethton, Tn. is named for his wife Elizabeth MacLin. They are all buried in the cemetery to the east of the house shown here, in Elizabethton, Tn.

"Daffodil @ Greenfield Cemetery"

 

The first daffodil for me this year. It is now officially Spring in my book! Still a little over a week away by the calendar, it was 79 degrees here in the mountain empire today. Found this one blooming in a cemetery at Greenfield Baptist Church in Meadowview, Va.