summer sky

summer sky

lost

poor thing!

I think he fell out of his nest.  He was so tiny and he couldn't fly at all, just waddling around our back yard.

He still has his baby feathers sticking out of his head :-)

Hope he makes it in this hot summer heat!

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I saw a mama bird!  I think he will be OK!

Great Smoky Mountains - nature walk

The Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains - Cades Cove V

 BEARS!!!!!!!

YES! Finally!  

I guess the Forth time visits to G.S.M. was a charm.

We were driving on the trail road with everyone else and we actually  saw three at once!  What a sight!  They did cause a traffic jam (Bear Jam) on the road as everyone stopped to look.

We thought the bear is a mythical animal in the Great Smokys as we had never seen them.

It's real!  We also saw another one cross in front of our car on the The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail that one surprised us an I'm glad we were in the car.

We never saw that many animals in the Mountains not even rabbit or squirrel.

We see more of them in our back yard at home.  We did get lucky this trip.

I'm so glad I had my good telephoto zoom lens with me this time or they would have been just a tiny spot in the picture .
Hope we can go back and see them again  .....  still from a distance :-)

Great Smoky Mountains - Cades Cove III

Cades Cove missionary baptist church

Great Smoky Mountains - Cades Cove II

Cades Cove primitive baptist church

Great Smoky Mountains - Alfred Reagan Place

Alfred Reagan Place.

You can find his home at the end of the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.  

                                       I have to say his home is my favorite.  

I love his bright color walls and turquoise doors.  His home is different than any other cabins in this area.  I guess he was a person with a great vision.  His Mill is still there in front of his home.  He must have been a very talented builder. Everything seems to be very tightly fitted, not like the other buildings in the Smokys.

Making hands ........ love it :-)