by William Britten | Apr 2, 2011 | wallpaper
It’s time for another free Smoky Mountains wallpaper! This is early morning on a misty spring morning in Cades Cove. So peaceful, the day just getting started, full of promise. This photo, and all other Smoky Mountains wallpaper, can be downloaded from...
by William Britten | Mar 17, 2011 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Can a person ever get too much Cades Cove or Smoky Mountains? No need to answer … I find myself drawn back these days over and over to see what’s happening. Mostly it’s been all about pictures of deer this winter … the bucks and the does. Today...
by William Britten | Mar 8, 2011 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A few weeks ago I was roaming around Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains and found lots of deer. More than a hundred deer. But they were all bucks. A few days ago I was back in Cades Cove and again found plenty of deer, but this time they were all female! The doe...
by William Britten | Mar 4, 2011 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The photo above was taken this week in the Cades Cove area of the Smoky Mountains. The calendar says it’s still winter, but these daffodils say it’s time for spring! That’s Hyatt Lane branching off the loop road in the upper part of the photo. The...
by William Britten | Mar 1, 2011 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, History of the Smokies
In the days before barbed wire, the traditional fencing material in the Smoky Mountains was rails split from a rot-resistant hardwood such as chestnut or yellow locust. The fence above at John Olivers place in Cades Cove is known as a snake, worm, or zig-zag....