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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – at least in Avery County, NC

Getting into the spirit of the season with visits to NC Mountain Christmas shops.

Category: North Carolina, North Carolina, Western, USA Tags: Avery County, choose-and-cut Christmas trees in NC, Christmas in the NC mountains, Christmas tree capital of the US, Fraser Firs, Snowy Mountain Christmas Shop, Sugar Plum Farm

Bee-Happy

A bee farm in the NC mountains teaches lessons about the importance of bees.

Category: North Carolina, North Carolina, Western, USA Tags: Bee Farm, Beekeeping, Bees, Beeville, Boone, Hidden Happiness Bee Farm, North Carolina, North Carolina, Western

Scenes from my NC Neighborhood/ LENS-ARTISTS CHALLENGE #123

Scenes from rural western North Carolina.

Category: North Carolina, North Carolina, Western, Photo Challenge, Photo Gallery Tags: #mymountainlife, Lens-Artists, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, North Carolina, North Carolina, Western

Elephants Never Forget

A tale of animal cruelty, elephant murder, history, and redemption in Erwin, TN.

Category: Historic Interest, USA Tags: Circus elephants, Elephant conservation in the US, Elizabethton High School, Erwin Tennessee, Murderous Mary, NPR Podcast Competition, save elephants, Tennessee history, The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

Train-Roads in the Mountains

Tweetsie railroad's, old route is now a idyllic, narrow country road in Tennessee.

Category: Historic Interest, North Carolina, North Carolina, Western, Trains, USA Tags: Carter County TN, Country Roads, ET&WNC Railroad, Overmountain Men, Overmountain Victory Trail Association, Train grade roads, Tweetsie, Western North Carolina

Linville, NC in the Late Fall.

Late fall color in Linville, North Carolina.

Category: North Carolina, North Carolina, Western, Photo Challenge, Photo Gallery, USA Tags: Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, fall color, Fall Foliage, fall in NC, Festival of Leaves, FOTD, Lens-Artists, nature photography

Miami Villagers: Historic Preservation at Work

Restoration work in Miami-Dade County funded by The Villagers.

Category: Florida, Historic Interest, Miami, USA Tags: Historic Preservation, Miami architecture, Miami History, Miami-Dade County, The Villagers

Reflective Color & The Yellow of Autumn

Reflection of Fall at Ripkin Lake, Tennessee.

Category: Photo Challenge, Photo Gallery, USA Tags: Cees Fun Photo Challenge, fall color, Fall Foliage, Fall in Tennessee, Fall reflections, Festival of Leaves, FOTD, Leaf peepers, nature photography

A Photo Walk in Old Salem, NC

Even though it’s getting close to Halloween, don’t confuse this Salem with witches, rituals, and trials. Old Salem, NC is a historic living history museum, the site of a Moravian community...

Category: Historic Interest, North Carolina, Photo Challenge Tags: George Washington slept here, Lens-Artists, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Living history museums, Moravian settlement, Old Salem NC, Salem College, Southern Heritage, Winston-Salem

A Photo a Week Challenge: October & Fall Inspiration

Celebrating the change of seasons in western North Carolina.

Category: North Carolina, Western, Photo Challenge Tags: Fall Fun, Fall in Banner Elk, fall in NC, Fall scenes, Lens-Artists, Photo a Week, Photo Challenge, Photography, postaday

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