"Blue Jay"

Here's a Blue Jay hanging around in my front yard today. In Bristol, Va.

"Nature Trail"

My favorite street sign! On a trail behind the Bud Ogle homeplace, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Ducks in a Row"

This mama wood duck seems to have all her ducklings "in a row". In the wetlands att Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Va.

"Southern 4501"

Southern Railway 4501 steam locomotive, rolls thru Emory, Va. on an excursion from Bristol to Radford, Va. and back in June of 2015.

"Country Scene"

A rural country scene along Hwy. 421 outside Bristol, in Sullivan County, Tn.

"It's Spring in Roaring Fork"

Spring is in full bloom along Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

"Enter Gatlinburg"

The first thing you see as you enter Gatlinburg from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Spring is this bed of flowers. The second pic is a close up of one of the tulips in this bed of flowers. Painted by the greatest artist ever ..... we all know who that is .....