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Around our home |
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,