Ruby Tuesday_5-8-12- "The Long Walk"

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My daughter, Tina, just returned Saturday from a week long backpacking hike in the Great Smokey Mountains... make that a 50 mile, backpacking hike!

This was her first time for doing something like this and I'm extremely proud  of her accomplishments. 

Although it was hard 
(much harder than she expected, she said)
 it was fun and well worth it.
 She saw and experienced things most of us never will...well, at least, not up close or from the vantage point she, and her fellow hikers, did!

What extraordinary beauty there is to be seen in those mountains!

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Today I'll show you  some scenes of Ruby Red from her collection of photos!

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~Lots of wildflowers along those trails~

~the hikers- minus one~  



~This is the other guide~



~a rest stop along the way, on one of those days~

~looking WAAAY down to water from a narrow bridge~

~And again~

 
~ Tina said they crossed over numerous streams on the hike, sometimes having to take off their shoes~
 

~this is someone's energy drink, cooling ~
 

~one of those days, after a rest stop, it was discovered that a snail had hitched a ride on Tina's backpack~
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~ All food had to be kept  way up on poles, so as not to attract bears!~

  
 Tina's tent...

They slept in tents except for the last night when they had reached the top of Newton Bald Ridge- elevation, 5,000 ft. That night they slept in a crude lodge that had no electricity...but they had HOT water in a bucket to wash up and a bed to sleep in!~

(  However...the highest elevation they had reached on the hike was 6,593 ft. )

:)

Tina said, the last day was one of the hardest, though shorter in hours walking, as it was a steep decent, all the way; and , of course, a different trail from the way they came up!

(lol- no red in that day, so I won't post any pics)

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This is Tina after the 6 day hike,
 back at the hotel with the 2 guides.

She drove home the next day...
( about a 9 hour drive!!) 

Way to go, Tina!!


:)




Junie Rose

(Mom)

Shadow Shot Sunday~ Walking the shadowy trails of Silver River State Park~

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This is for Shadow Shot Sunday #2

...not sure if I have the right badge for this  new addition- however , the link will take you to MORE SHADOWS!

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These were taken on a recent walk with my daughter, Tina, at Silver River State Park!

I loved this shadowy walk-and hope to do it again in the near future.

We only walked one trail and there are 3 others I'd like to  check out!

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Here we are, just leaving home.

 

~along the trail~

~boardwalk by the Silver River~

Oh~and we saw this guy by the river...

Don't worry-we were on the boardwalk and he was way below us on the ground by the water!

Junie

Friday's Fences_ April 6, 2012

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This was taken late last year, along the road a mile or so from our house.

The Goldenrod growing along the roadside caught my eye and so I asked my husband to stop so that I might get some photos!

I like  scenes like this one, with the natural beauty of what nature  has to offer us, combined with the simple country accessories; in this case the old wooden post and barbed wire fence.

(click to enlarge)

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday~Feb 20-2012

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This is not a new photo but it's one I have always liked from a previous year.

Our citrus trees have suffered from the freezes of the past 3 years but this year (pictured) the oranges were at their best!

 This was probably taken in late Nov because that's when the fruit  is at it's peak!

Junie

Poem: First Signs of Spring

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First Signs of Spring                                
I witnessed today
 the first signs of spring;
the billowy blossoms of the
 wild plum trees!
They seemingly mirrored,
 white clouds overhead.
…Except that these "Tree Clouds"
were covered with bees!

                

Bees working, in frenzy,
among the white puffs.
Seeking spring’s first nectar,
in this most welcomed fest!
I watched as this ritual,
 once more, did unfold.
They were in such a hurry,
never pausing to rest!

This first taste of spring,
as the bees drink it in,
brings enchantment to me.
Such a sight to behold!
Full circle, once more,

 the earth fresh and new.

  New life now awakens. 

 Spring, softly, unfolds.

June Kellum

2004

Thursday's Theme Song~ Oct 27, 2011~"To The Morning"

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~To The Morning~

"Watching the sun, watching it come, watching it come up over the roof tops...Cloudy and warm, maybe a storm, you can never quite tell from the morning..."

"...and maybe there are seasons and maybe they change, and maybe to love is not so strange..."

Love,

Junie

This autumn~~~in the autumn of our lives...

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This autumn day and this mid October week finds Charles and me immersed in a long string of doctor appointments...which is becoming the norm for us; well, more so for C. than me!

(That's a darn good thing too,  since I am the one without the additional health insurance...just medicare coverage!) 

Yesterday, though, I did have a visit to give a blood sample at my doctor's office - for a followup visit next week... (a cholesterol problem)  Today my appointment was with an audio specialist...(nothing new or unusual here!)

Charles also had to go to another office yesterday for another sample of blood  at his heart doctor. (a problem with thinning his blood to prevent clots)  Friday he has yet another appointment with a different doctor for a different- though related- problem. Early November he has more surgery for skin cancer on his face.

( Curable with the cutting out)

 Charles and I both went for flu shots yesterday, also!
(so at least that's one less worry)

So many appointments on our calendar that I'm finding it hard to work in all the things I need to do- and  should do....like eye exams and dental exams...

This is most definitely 'The Autumn' of our lives, I'd say!

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Does all that sound gloomy?
Sorry!!

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Here's  some good cheer for fall!

 

October's Party

George Cooper

"October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came-
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band."

(Fall leaves from NC)

  Cheers!

Junie Rose

Mellow Yellow Monday _Butterfly-so high!

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Mellow Yellow Monday is here again!



What's Mellow and Yellow in your life this Monday?


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Today I saw this butterfly but it was very high up in this Bottle Brush tree... still... I was able to zoom in and get a pretty good look!

For some reason, there hasn't been as many butterflies around our place this summer as usual. I was thrilled to see this one and it just hung there for several moments as I got my pictures! :)

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Of Butterflies


I venture out for photo shots
of butterflies ~ sometimes, for hours.
They so enchant, with their gossamer wings~
flitting there, among the flowers.

The colors range from soft to bold.
Some showy as a fine spring day!
Other’s beauty ~ understated ~
still, frilly as a fine crochet.

Some are swift, not pausing long,
to sample blooms along the way.
Others linger, just hanging there ~
as if their beauty’s on display.

I stand poised in wonderment,
and reach to touch that softness there
~the contact's slight, but oh, so real ~
and know the feel of angel hair!


June Kellum
July 2005

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ for Sept 14, 2009 (AND a poem)

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Time to share our Mellow Yellow posts again!

Go here to find other YELLOWS around the world!

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Here are some yellows from my little corner of the world!

Yellows make me smile! ;)

Roadside Meadow Flowers

Nothing fills me, so,
with joy that’s most complete,
than roadside, meadow flowers...
whose names I do not know…

(No pampered garden blossom
could ever be so sweet)
Their name’s of no importance…
just their golden glow!

Their beauty overwhelms.
So abundantly they’re sown.
Each golden face turned upward
to catch the warming rays.

There is no grander sight –
these eyes have ever known.
So to the ‘Master Gardner,’
I give my love and praise!

June Kellum
2005

Junie Rose