Tellico River, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. June 18, 2010.
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It’s been hot and dry here on the Plateau in Tennessee. I can’t think of anything more refreshing on days like this than to sit on a rock and soak my feet in a fast-flowing mountain river. This is the Tellico River as it flows through the Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee.
Northern Cumberland County, Tennessee. June 27, 2010.
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Last Sunday Betsy and I took a ride out in the country here on the Plateau. It was a very hot day, but it was beautiful. The sky was blue, and when we started out there were many white clouds sailing above the mountains.
They weren’t predicting rain, so we were able to enjoy the day and watch the clouds as they changed. Sometimes there were large clouds with just some blue around the edges.
At other times there were small white clouds scampering across an expanse of blue.
It was a wonderful day to be out and about.
Northern Cumberland County, Tennessee. June 27, 2010.
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We live on the Cumberland Plateau, which is the world’s longest hardwood-forested plateau. The plateau is primarily rural — Crossville (our post office address) is one of the largest towns on the plateau with nearly 12,000 people.
It’s fairly easy to get away from ‘civilization’ here on the plateau. Sunday Betsy and I went on a ride away from Crossville and soon found ourselves in the middle of nowhere. But it was beautiful afternoon with lots of fluffy white clouds in a beautiful blue sky. We stopped along a farm road to enjoy this view across a field. The two horses under the tree just completed the picture of ‘our’ Tennessee home.
Moon Over Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 23, 2010.
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Wednesday evening was clear here in the Glade, and just after sundown I spotted this nearly full moon up in the sky. I couldn’t resist the temptation to get my telephoto lens and snap this picture for Skywatch Friday.
Kayaker at Baby Falls, Tellico River, Tennessee. June 18, 2010.
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Last Friday I decided that Betsy needed to get out of the house for a while, so we took a drive to the Tellico River, another of our favorite spots here in Tennessee. There are some waterfalls that can be seen from the road, so I felt Betsy would not have to do much walking.
One of those roadside waterfalls is Baby Falls, a pretty little 15-foot drop in the Tellico River. There were swimmers enjoying the plunge pool, but what caught our attention was a group of kayakers shooting the falls.
By the time I got into position to take pictures there was only one person left to shoot the falls. I got this series of shots as he went over the brink.
I didn’t have time to change the settings on my camera so I didn’t get a shot of the kayak at the base of the falls, but the kayaker was successful in shooting the falls, he landed upright and paddled across the plunge pool before continuing downstream.
I must admit that it looked very exciting, but I think I’ll continue to enjoy waterfalls while standing on solid ground!
Daylilies by our garage, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 17, 2010.
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When Betsy and I purchased this house back in 2002, it came with a patch of bare ground next to the garage along the driveway. This bare patch was filled with rocks and long-buried construction debris as well as a few scraggly weeds.
For the first year we had the house we used it mostly as a weekend getaway since we were still living in Hendersonville. But each time we came up we thought we have to do something about that ugly spot.
Daylilies will grow just about anywhere and require little attention, so we got three daylilies and planted them with fingers crossed. The first couple of years the plants looked somewhat pathetic, but we kept working to enrich the soil with compost and each year the results were a little better.
The picture above was taken last week. I think those daylilies are starting to look pretty spectacular.
Blue skies and clouds in Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 13, 2010.
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For the past week we’ve been ‘enjoying’ hot, humid weather with cloudy skies and showers and thunderstorms. But after a shower the sky has often cleared and is a beautiful blue for at least a few minutes. This is what the sky looked like from our front yard a few days ago.
We’ve been having showers and thunderstorms off and on over the past several days. While that means that the weeds are winning in all of the flower beds, it has given me time to work on some pictures that have never been properly posted.
One folder contained pictures taken at Serenity Falls back in March, 2009. We discovered Serenity Falls in the autumn of 2008 when we were visiting waterfalls around Cosby, Tennessee, on ‘the quiet side of the Smokies’.
At Serenity Falls we found a beautiful waterfall as well as some rental cabins. One of the cabins was right at the base of the waterfall. That, of course, was too big a temptation for Betsy and me, so we just had to book a few nights at Serenity Falls.
These pictures were from our first stay at Serenity Falls. We enjoyed it so much that we went back in March of this year as well. It’s hard to imagine a more relaxing place to stay.
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Lilies in our yard, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. June 12, 2010.
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Most of you know that Betsy and I love roses and have quite a few in our yard. Roses are definitely our favorite flowers, but lilies are a close second. We have lilies in three beds; the picture above is of part of the bed along the side of our deck. When the doors leading to the deck are open, the fragrance is heavenly.
Lilies and roses in our new flower bed, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. May 30, 2010.
If you’ve been visiting this blog for any length of time, you’ve heard about the wall and new flower bed that we built along the road in front of the house. Building the wall and filling in the bed took several weeks, and during the winter after a severe thunderstorm, part of it had to be rebuilt.
But this time of the year all the aggravations were worth it, as you can see from the picture above. Most of the iris planted in the bed bloomed and hopefully they will do so again in the autumn. We are now enjoying the lilies and roses and the daylilies (which are hard to spot in this picture) are starting to bloom.
Betsy and I definitely think the work was worth it. We are definitely enjoying the new view in front of our house. And we’ve noticed an added bonus to having that new flower bed out there. Most of the cars going up or down the road in front of the house are going a little slower this year!
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I’m happy to report that Betsy is continue to mend. She can now stand with out pain, although that knee still complains if she walks too much at one time. But she is making progress and is able to sleep at night without pain.
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