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Welcome to JOYFUL REFLECTIONS. Also welcome to JULY. My header picture this month shows America's 250th Birthday. God's Blessings to YOU for an awesome JULY. God Bless AMERICA!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Orchids from Biltmore

On our Valentine's trip,  we stopped by one of our favorite places, the Biltmore House and Gardens in Asheville, NC.  For more info on Biltmore,  click HERE.  As I have mentioned,  we bought season's passes ---so we will go back several times,  mainly to see their beautiful flowers...I cannot wait to see the tulips and spring flowers in bloom...

Today I will share with you more of the beautiful orchids in bloom on Feb. 14 in the Conservatory at Biltmore.  To see more of our Biltmore picture,  go to my sidebar, scroll down to my labels and click on BILTMORE.



















Aren't they just gorgeous?  Even with all of the turmoil and sadness in the world,  seeing beautiful flowers can make a smile come to one's face...

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We are headed back to Biltmore TODAY to see some of their outside blooms (hopefully Tulips and Azaleas)...  Because of this,  we won't be around much to visit any blogs.   But--we will will hopefully have more beautiful Biltmore flowers to show you soon.   Have a wonderful day.
 
Hugs,

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

FOG on Mt. Nebo

I have mentioned in all of my recent blogs about our trip to Mt. Nebo, Arkansas and all of the clouds, rain, and FOG (or mist, as some people call it) we had while there.  Today, I'll share with you some pictures taken from our cabin on a foggy day in Arkansas.  The picture above was taken from the back porch --looking toward the left.  Can you see the valley below????? ha ha




Here's  a picture taken from the back porch looking the other direction (to the right).




This  picture was also taken from the back---looking straight ahead....  Now---look at the next picture---and see what is different!!!




OH MY----what could it be????  A deer in our 'back yard'... Guess he thought we couldn't see him due to the fog!!!!!  Ya think???

There's not much of a view of the valley below, is there???




There were LOTS of deer grazing in our side yard.  Bet they loved the fog --since they felt as if nobody could see them!!!!




Here's one more of the deer near our cabin on that foggy afternoon.  I love the one on the right since he was playing Peekabo with me!!!!!! ha




Finally,  the sky is TRYING hard to clear.  I'm sure that it did that just so that we could see a beautiful sunset  on our last day at Mt. Nebo... Isn't the sky just gorgeous?????

Have a wonderful day.
Hugs,