Cow parsnip growing on the streambank of the Middle Prong Little River,Tremont area,GSMNP.
From the flowering Camellia.Another flower I tried to keep a little soft without making it look to fuzzy
Full Moon
Backlit Chrysanthemum in black an white with a soft touch
Softness Of Twilight with a white-tailed deer watching a bear that is behind me an not pictured.To view the bear go to the image titled “Black Bear”.The deer in my “Mountain Life” image were also lookin at the same bear….I was in the middle of all 3 shots…the deer watchin the bear watch me
Odd shaped red gerber daisy I had made a shot of for my daughter
a rainbow I noticed from the widow in my PC room and captured from my deck here in East Tennessee.
Seed pods of a althea bush covered in snow.Everything seems dead awaiting its rebirth in spring.All is quite except the falling of the snow
View from Clingman’s Dome parking lot.Dead fir was cause by the balsam woolly adelged
A spring time shot of Carter Shields cabin locted in Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
John Ownby’s log cabin it can be found along the Fighting Creek Trail. This building has been rehabilitated by the National Park Service, preserving original building materials, as it is the last remaining log building in the Sugarlands area. The logs are from tulip tree and white pine. The clay mortar for the chimney came from the banks of the near by spring. It is of a single pen design. The door is low so they didn’t have to raise the walls any higher than necessary.
My granddaughter Brittany’s pencil drawing of a bear on a hill lookin out over the forest perhaps wounderin where the next honey tree will be… she turned 11 today © Brittany Parks Magical Colors / !! Sleepy Horse /
To go with my series of Sepia toned historical buildings I’m adding a few landscape shots as well, for any that may want to buy a group of images….. A storm starting up on Mt. Le Conte, in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. A big part in the Biological diversity of the park is the weather. The park’s abundant rainfall and high summertime humidity provide excellent growing conditions. In the Smokies, the average annual rainfall varies from approximately 55 inches in the valleys to over 85 inches on some peaks–more than anywhere else in the country except the Pacific Northwest. During wet years, over eight feet of rain falls in the high country. The relative humidity in the park during the growing season is about twice that of the Rocky Mountain region. Mount Le Conte is thought to be named for John Le Conte in appreciation for John’s help in figuring out its elevation. Something that makes it one of the most impressive single mountain in the southern Appalachians, is that it rises a mile from its base…..Its Cherokee name was Walasiyi…The Home To The Giant Mystical Frog……there is a lodge you can hike to in the mist of the storm clouds.
Images From The Great smoky Mountains
Fog slowly lifts from the coves floor. Dawn has awakened all of nature to a new day. The coolness of night still lingers. The dew clings to all it has touched for it knows its time has come to leave. In a few hours Cades Cove will be bathed with the warmth of a new day………Imaged made from 4 shots stitched in CS3.This also is my 1st attempt at a stitched panoramic……taken in Cades Cove,GSMNP…..This is 1X4 version I’m working on a 1X3 that I’ll post later…..shot a couple weeks ago while shooting with Sherri and Ronnie Hamilton Sherri
Clear your mind. Sit very still. Breathe in long and slow. Let your worries be gone. Allow a peacefulness to envelop you as the mist does the mountains. The mountains like your worries may be big. As the mist overcomes the mountains let the peacefulness overcome your worries……image was taken in Cades Cove, GSMNP
Autumns colors are some of the showiest in nature. The warm hues must be intended to raise our spirits before the cold of winter. Nature could also be trying to show us even though they have been green all year and appear to be one; they are many different individuals which are very different. That being different didn’t stop them blending in as everyone else. Regardless of the why the beauty is fabulous. I hope that you are blessed as well as I with fabulous fall color, in your area of the world…..image was taken on New Found Gap Road from the Oconaluftee Valley Overlook, GSMNP…hill to the left appears steep as the road was cut from it
The Missionary Baptist Church in Cades Cove was formed around 1839. It was founded by members from Cades Cove Baptist Church that were dismissed over an argument over missions. The present building was built in 1915. The members continued using this site for about ten years after the parks establishment. One of the highlights of the church was in 1893 when a well known evangelist, Rev. Thomas Sexton, led a revival. The congregation nearly doubled in size as a result. This was one of the biggest events ever in the Cove…The Church in located along the Cades Cove Loop Road, Great Smoky Mountains
Having chickens provided a food source for the early settlers. Besides the chicken itself, they provided eggs to supplement the settlers diet. Mostly the chickens just ran loose. One of the kids chores would be to locate the nest and gather the eggs. Sometimes evergreen trees were planted close to the house for a roosting tree. For those fortunate enough they built a hen house. This made the gathering of eggs a simpler task and shelter for the chickens. The hen house here at the Mountain Farm Museum was relocated from the Indian Camp Creek are of the smokies near Cosby, Tennessee. The Mountain Farm Museum is located at the Cherokee NC entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain NP. http://www.redbubble.com/people/suddath/art/1982024-2-golden-morn-ii
This may not look to be that comfortable to ride. It was a lot easier that raking hay by hand. This old horse drawn hay rake could rake bout what 8 men could do in a given time. That would leave a lot of time for other chores. More often then not, one of the younger kids would drive the rake, and the older kids and men would gather and put up the hay. This was pulled thru the field of cut hay. The tines would collect the hay. When they were full the lever would be pull releasing the hay in a pile. Then it would be gathered and taken to where they stored it. This may be crude by today’s standards but in its hay days this was a major improvement to putting up hay…….image taken at the Mountain Farm Museum at the Cherokee NC entrance to the Great smoky Mountain NP
This look into the past is preserved at the Mountain Farm Museum in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This park is different in many ways from a lot of the other National Parks in the US. It is one of the 1st to have the land bought soley form logging companies and individuals. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1200 familys were displaced in the early 1920’s and 30’s when they sold their land for the purpose of a National Park. The park service also desided they wanted to preserve the way of life of these early pioneers. Throughout the park old structures have been preserved. Here at the Mountain Farm Museum and at the Cades Cove Visitors Center are 2 places where a whole farm was preserved. The only building here that was originally here though, is the barn, the other structures were moved from various places in the park to here. Another note of the parks uniqueness is they is no charge for entering due to an agreement with the states of Tennessee and North Carolina
A beautiful card for someones birthday that loves the outdoors ©2008 Gary L. Suddath All Rights Reserved
over the years i’ve had trouble finding a card from more than one person… this shot seemed to work good for one. © 2008 Gary L. Suddath All Rights Reserved
Express your love with a card. Whether its someone you’ve had a long and lasting relationship with or someone you’ve just fallen in love with, it’s the little things like a card that can mean a lot…just in time for Valentines Day ©2009 Gary L. Suddath All Rights Reserved
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