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forest green or ocean blue? chilly sunrises or warm sunsets? empty country roads or small town main streets? wheat fields or groves of apple trees? lemonade or iced tea? late night stargazing or early morning walks? camping with friends or staying in alone? sunny days or rainy afternoons?
what is your eye color. what is your favorite color. what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe. what color is your favorite blanket. what color is your water bottle.
If only those walls could talk. Maybe if I listen close enough, they will.
Some trails are just too inviting.
Natural Bridge, VA
The calm after a light summer storm.
Made this for my new header image, but I also had to share! Views as I leave the national forest.
Deep in the forest getting lost amongst the redwoods.
Muir Woods, California
My favorite sound. 🍃
Saluda, NC
The forest floor.
Exploring Pisgah. Come on in, the water is COLD.
Look at who I ran into!! On the Blue Ridge Parkway.
No place brings me as much joy and comfort as the swamps along the coastal plains.
You can find me here.
My most special place in the world. Congaree National Park. This place has held a very special place in my heart since my very first visit a few years ago. It’s so much more than a boardwalk through the woods. You have to truly understand the rare beauty you enter. Pictures can never capture the magic of an old growth forest. There are very few left (like count on one hand few) - especially in the southeast.
When I step into the canopy of Congaree, I enter a time machine showing me what the land here is suppose to look like. Still to this day, wetlands are in grave danger and are flattened and filled in with sand and dirt in the name of cookie cutter neighborhoods. No retaining pond could ever make up for the loss. Then when entire towns by the coast get flooded by the storm seasons, people act surprised. Floodplains and swamps are vital to the natural ecosystem of our home. Not to mention the rich habitats and diverse ecosystems they hold. It’s recently been discovered that bald cypress trees can live longer than 2,000 years. Congaree is ancient. Once you ruin a wetland, you can’t get it back- not for several lifetimes.
We drove up to Congaree tonight because we received a permit from the lottery system to view the synchronous fireflies. They only occur two known places in the world. Congaree and the Smokies. More to come on that later.
Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell.
The beautiful decay of the forest floor, regenerating into new life.
More photos from the Balsam Trail. Mount Mitchell, NC. The magic of Appalachian summers.
Exterior Siding An illustration of a medium-sized one-story, brown, mixed-siding exterior home design with a shingle roof is in the mountain style.