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Dear Friends, I am desperate for some Autumn Color. SO----today I will jump back into the archives and show you some beautiful Fall Colors in our area. As I've said in previous posts, our area of the country has been in a horrible drought recently --and that, along with an extremely hot September, "did a number" on our leaves this Fall... Most of the leaves just died on the trees --and are now falling. IF we get any color at all this year --I'm sure it will be sometime in November (instead of our usual October colors).
SO---today I will share with you some beauty from past years..... Sit back, get a cuppa, and relax and enjoy!!!!
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| Love the colors in this tree near our home |
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| Along one of the back roads in the Catoosa area near Fairfield Glade |
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| Looking across one of the many lakes in Fairfield Glade |
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| One of the gorgeous Maples ---in the Catoosa area, near Fairfield Glade |
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| Glorious 'carpet' in the Great Smoky Mountains |
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| Along the Foothills Parkway, near Townsend, TN in the Smokies |
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| After a hike to Look Rock (off of the Foothills Parkway in the Smokies), I was checking out the valley below from the Look Rock tower.. |
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| Also from Look Rock, I love this picture of the Foothills Parkway below --and the Smoky Mountains in the distance!!! |
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| The Great Smoky Mountains, near Newfound Gap |
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| From Newfound Gap in the Smokies, showing the fog in the valley below |
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| Along the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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| From the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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| So much beauty along the Cherohala Skyway |
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| A favorite picture from the Cherohala Skyway showing the Sunbeams peaking through |
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| More beautiful Fall colors from our area of the country |
Hope you enjoyed see AUTUMN in our area ---as it usually looks. I am so glad I have lots of beautiful colored pictures in my Archives to share this year.... We may still take a trip to the Smoky Mountains soon just to see if they do have any color much there this year... But--I'm spoiled by the colors which we usually have around here. I'll keep you posted.
Have an awesome week. It's hard to believe that November will be here very soon!!!
Hugs,
47 comments:
Hello, It is a shame about the drought, we have been dry here too. Your photos of the fall colors and trees are gorgeous. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week!
Very pretty. The colors are the best part of autumn. My favorite is the one with the lake.
Hi, Thanks for stopping by... You are right. It is a shame about the drought --but I keep telling myself that things could be much worse.... Have an awesome week.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi Ann, Yes--the colors of Autumn are my fav's too. That lake is near our home --and usually always has pretty colors in the Fall. So far this year, not much!!!!!! BUT--maybe we'll get some color in November.... A girl can hope. By the way, I loved your latest cake.
Hugs,
Betsy
You did a great job show-casing the beautiful autumn colors we've enjoyed in the past. Hopefully we will find some more this year.
beautiful!
Sorry to hear about your drought but I sure did love the old pictures you and George took when there was a lot of color in the Smoky Mountains. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary last year in the Smoky Mountains. It was around the 10th of October and we were surprised how warm the weather was at that time. We had expected it to be a little cooler. We have stayed in Townsend and been on Skyline Drive too. A beautiful place to go. Have a great week!
Thank You, Honey.... I MISS our Autumn here SO much this year. Thank Goodness we have memories through our pictures.
Love,
Wifey
So beautiful. I'm sorry that you are missing the beautiful colors this year. Most of our leaves are gone already and we've already have several snows although it hasn't stayed around. I'm glad that you have past years photos to look back on and remember how beautiful it once was and will be again.
Blessings,
Betsy
Hi There Dee.... I'm glad you enjoy many of the same things which we love (Smokies, Townsend, Skyline Drive, etc.).... There is so much beauty in our country. Let's keep enjoying it.... Thanks for your comment.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi Judy.... Thank You so much... I love the Autumn Colors ---so as you can imagine, I enjoyed working on this post.
Hugs,
Betsy
Betsy, Great photos but you're right...very limited color this fall although we did see a bit more along the Parkway this past week. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
You are lucky to have some amazing pictures of what color should be to look back on. I have been here in Arkansas 15 years and only saw one good year. The rest of the time I try to remember that brown and pale yellow are colors. May we both be surprised this year.
I think the first one of the tree near your house is my favorite. Followed closely by the fog one, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Good to see a post from you, and a gorgeous one at that!
Wow - those colours are fabulous!
Thanks Betsy... I had read about your snows on your blog posts... CRAZY for all of us. Now--they have those high winds and wildfires in CA.... Geeeee...
I am glad I have all of these gorgeous photos from the past to share.
How are you feeling?
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi There, They showed a few colors last night on the news --from the Smokies. SO--maybe we'll get a little color this year, even if they show up in November!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
The only times we have been in Arkansas in the late Fall were AFTER all of the leaves were gone....When I lived in Texas, we went up there a year or two in late Fall---and for us (TEXANS) ---even the leaves on the ground were pretty... ha
Are you watching the World Series???? My Astros are ahead now ---but the Nats are GOOD... SO--we'll see.... I think most of the country (except for those 'fans for life' for the Astros like me) want the Nationals to win... I would too if they were playing any other team except the Astros. BUT--if the Nats win --even I won't be that upset... I'm just glad we beat the Yankees (since I cannot stand that team)... ha
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi There, I try to post every Monday (unless something comes up on occasion).... This week --since I am missing our Fall Colors here so far, I just had to work on this post.... Maybe we'll get some colors here --but if we do, it will be November... ha
Hugs,
Betsy
Thank you, Fiona..... I always love the photos you post.....
Glad you stopped by since I had fun finding some 'pretties' from my archives to share.
Hugs,
Betsy
Beautiful!!
This is one of many reasons why I love photography. It allows you to go back and relive some special moments from the past.Thanks for sharing these colourful images with us here in Blogland.
Spectacular pictures even if they are from last year. Our fall colours have been pretty good.
Beautiful!
You make me want to go back to the mainland to see some fall colors. These are gorgeous!
Hi Betsy, How are you? I love reading your blog. Your latest family trip sounded great.
Thank You for stopping by!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
Amen to that Ruth.... I have been sad about this year's colors ---so going back in the archives really helps....
Thanks so much.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi There, How are you? I'm sure your Fall colors are gorgeous up there. I have been sad about the colors here --and the drought. BUT--- at least, I can go back into the archives and find some 'beauties'...
Hugs,
Betsy
Thank You so much, William. Hope things are going fine with you these days.
Betsy
Hi Kay, Thanks for stopping by. When I lived in Texas --I missed the Fall Colors from Tennessee so much. SO---once I moved back to Tennessee, I have loved the colors more than ever..
Hope you are doing good. How's your Sweet Mom?
Hugs,
Betsy
Beautiful photos! Your header picture is awesome!
My first thought when I saw the pictures was "blazing". Such blazing colors!! Beautiful scenes. We were up that way last Fall but the leaves were just beginning to turn. Hope you're having a good week so far, Betsy!
Doing well Betsy. Always nice to check in with your blog and see your adventures and beautiful pictures of nature you post!
Thank You, Linda.... The header photo was taken on our Sept. trip to Pisgah Inn (off of the Blue Ridge Parkway) in North Carolina.... I love that photo also.
Hugs,
Betsy
Hi There, Blazing is a good word.... I hope you can get to this area again in Autumn sometime --when the leaves look like THIS....
I still love your wonderful Charleston Posts. You live in an amzing area !!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
So sad about your drought! However, the color of previous years was spectacular. Our fall was short and sweet - we already have snow and bare branches. I LOVE your Header!
Hi Barb, I was reading today about your latest snow (of several already).... Is this typical ---or more than you usual get in October? Our drought is getting better... At least we got about 2 inches of rain last weekend. That is a START... But--the trees really suffered.... SAD.
Hugs,
Betsy
Gorgeous fall colors, Betsy, no matter what year the picture are from. Hope you get the rain you need soon.
Thanks, Connie. I am really missing this year's colors around here --but I do love going back into the archives for that beauty....
Hugs,
Betsy
Hello Betsy,
Lovely to see these photographs from your archives.
Such beautiful colours, always a joy to see.
Enjoy these last October days and my good wishes for the new month of November.
All the best Jan
Thank You, Jan, for your blog post.... You not only give us great recipes --but you also give us great information... Thanks --more than you'll know.
Glad you enjoyed my Autumn Colors.
Hugs,
Betsy
Dear Betsy, that "carpet" in the Great Smokies is a marvel. So beautiful. Peace.
Hi Dee, Thanks so much!!!! We just saw some pretty colors on a little trip to Asheville. I love the Fall colors --no matter which year..... Take care, my Friend.
Hugs,
Betsy
Absolutely gorgeous colors from the past fall seasons and i'm sorry that it wasn't same this year. Glad you have splendid images from previous Autumn to cherish and share the happiness of fall! Loved the photos. Hope you doing well
Hi there, Thanks SO much. Autumn is such a beautiful time of year around our area.... We did take another trip this past Thurs/Fri ---so I did get to see some pretty colors from other areas.
Hugs,
Betsy
Sorry about the drought that limited the colors in your area this year, but these photos from your archives are spectacular.
Thank You so much.... We did see a little color over the weekend on a short trip to North Carolina.... BUT--here at home, it's just SAD this year...
Hugs,
Betsy
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