The final art fair of the season is a wrap. We packed out of the Convention Center in Gatlinburg last night amid a snowstorm and the chaos of the annual cheerleader convention. The five fairs that we do in Gatlinburg were all a success, and I thank everyone reading...
The Smoky Mountain autumn was a good one this year. At lower elevations some pockets of leaves are hanging on, but as you can see in the photo above, the forest is bare on Mt. LeConte. For some, this is a favorite time to get away to the Smokies. The October crowds...
Today's Miles Away is the view I see every day, and a view that has appeared in this blog many times, in many variations, in all the seasons. October is over. The season is winding down. Still need to get over to Cosby for a few bushels of apples and make sauce for...
Today we are miles away in Maine, down at the bottom of the Pemaquid Peninsula. I've been to the lighthouse at Pemaquid Point many times. In fact, for many years lighthouses were my special interest in photography. Way back in 1993 I launched Lighthouse Getaway, which...
Today's miles away pictures are from a recent trip to Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor is to Acadia National Park what Gatlinburg is to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A tourist town on the edge of great beauty. In the picture above you can see the little...
Where does a Smoky Mountain resident go to get miles away? To the beach! The picture above is one of those soft pastel dawns near the ocean. You can almost feel the moist salt breeze. In the distance is the Myrtle Beach skyline, taken from my 11th floor condo...