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Wednesday, July 27, 2011



Tim and I went to the river a couple of weeks ago, (well it's really just a creek) and took some pictures. I love these cliffs. It makes me want to know how they were formed. What makes them so perfectly uniform? I'm sure there are different theories and since I'm a Creationist I would think it had something to do with The Great Flood. Pressure of tons of water maybe.....purely speculation. I just have to wonder though.....
Catastrophic Evidence
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I found this lovely Plantain plant. It was so dark green and glossy it just caught my attention. I don't know if it's from the condition of the soil. Being close to the rivers edge it would be in the flood plain. Hence, fertile soil. My plantain that grows in my yard doesn't look this good.
Plantain is a great herb! Very useful. Our granddaughter got stung by a bee while she was visiting us. I immediately ran to the yard and picked some. I bruised it up by smooshing it between my fingers until it was starting to feel damp. I put this on the sting and my poor little crying grand girl stopped crying in a matter of maybe 5-10 seconds.(we'll say less than 30 sec just to be conservative) She looked at what I had put on her sting and looked at me as if to say "what did you do gramma?" It worked way better than I had expected to "pull the sting out". Good stuff!
This is my mystery plant.....I'm working on finding out what this is.

Pale Indian Plantain

Tuesday, July 26, 2011


You can't see the spider's web as clearly as I wanted..... I took this early one morning, the dew was still clinging to a perfectly formed web. 
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Sunday, July 24, 2011


Please forgive the simplicity of my photos..... I was attempting to photograph the gentle fog hanging over the mountains. This is a common occurrence here. Especially early in the morning or just after a rain.  Why are the Smoky Mountains Smoky?
 Red headed woodpecker on fence post. Tim built this gate when we first moved here. It was for the horse pasture. The horse has recently moved to South Carolina with his girl. Jayme says he is quite happy and getting fat!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

A beautiful Butterfly


Posted by Picasa  It appears my butterfly bush is working. Spicebush Swallowtail. One of my favorites.