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Welcome to JOYFUL REFLECTIONS. Also welcome to SEPTEMBER. My header photo this month shows a gorgeous picture showing the Great Smoky Mountains from the Foothills Parkway. God's Blessings to YOU for an awesome month.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

More 2014 DayLilies in our Yard (Part III)

PLUM PERFECT DAYLILIES  (taken on 6/26/14)
Welcome to October!!!  We have been blessed this year to have had 55 different varieties of DayLilies which have bloomed in our yard.  This post will be the third one this Summer showing different   DAYLILIES in our yard... If you missed Part I,  click HERE,  and/or if you  missed Part II,  click HERE.  So far,  I have featured 30 of our DayLilies --and today I will show you 13 more.  On a later date,  there will be one more post showing the remaining DayLilies in our 2014  collection.  Hope you enjoy today's group.  Be sure to click on the photos for enlargements.


MISS AMELIA DAYLILIES  (6/26/14)



LULLABY BABY DAYLILY  (6/27/14)



CAMERON QUANTZ DAYLILY (6/27/14)---always a favorite of mine due to the pastels



WARRIOR PRINCE DAYLILY (6/11/14)



LEMON VISTA DAYLILIES (6/27/14)



CHICAGO APACHE DAYLILY (6/14/14)



PURE AND SIMPLE DAYLILY (6/16/14)---an awesome daylily!!!!



SEMINOLE WIND DAYLILY (6/16/14)--another interesting color



PALACE PURPLE DAYLILY    (6/16/14)



JUDITH DAYLILIES (6/17/14)



CHARLES JOHNSTON DAYLILY  (6/18/14)



LEEBEA ORANGE CRUSH DAYLILIES (6/21/14)


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Here are three photos showing you the DayLily Bed.  The DayLilies were so gorgeous --and since we buy re-blooming  DayLilies,  we are hoping some of them will bloom again this Fall.
Taken on 6/21/14



Taken on 6/20/14



Taken on 6/26/14

Hope you enjoyed seeing more of our DayLilies.  Do you have a favorite from this group? 

Take time today to check out my new QUOTES on my sidebar...  Also,  I have two more beautiful Fall Photos on my PHOTO BLOG now.  Check them out by clicking HERE.

Have a tremendous week/weekend.  Get out and enjoy Nature!!!!

Hugs,

Monday, September 29, 2014

What Else did we Enjoy in the Smoky Mountains????

Early Morning in the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennessee
Well Friends,  It's almost October.... Can you believe it????  I thought I just wrote that it was September --just a week or so ago.  Time is FLYING... Mercy me---before we know it,  it will be Christmas... GOSH!!!!  Anyhow---welcome to AUTUMN.  It's my favorite season --so I hope we can enjoy it for SEVERAL WEEKS/MONTHS....

But today,  we're going back to SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 ---and talk more about our Day Trip to the Smoky Mountains that day.  This will be my third blog post talking about that daytrip.  If you missed either of the other two, click HERE  and/or HERE.   We had so much fun that day ---so I'm sure there will be more posts upcoming...

Today is a 'hodge-podge' post just showing you some of the other things we saw (besides the back roads, creeks, early fall colors and wildflowers).  Hope you enjoy these pictures.  Be sure to click on them for enlargements.


We walked across the new bridge at the Chimneys Trailhead to check out the water/cascades.



WOW---don't you love the sunbeams?  We had a mixture of sun and rain and clouds all during that day!



Beautiful and interesting SKY all around these mountains!



George standing at an overlook;  We were watching rain to the left and sun to the right!



Oh those gorgeous Smoky Mountains;  I could stay here all day --just looking!



A beautiful doe almost came up to us when we were hiking near one of the overlooks along Highway 441 between Gatlinburg and Cherokee.  She and her fawn actually followed us part of the way--and weren't as afraid as most deer are.



I love seeing the big puffy clouds...  Are they full of rain???????



Here is the cute little Fawn (with its spots) --who was following his/her mother  on that trail. 



Oh those beautiful Smoky Mountains!!! I love seeing all of the layers.



Here we are at one of our favorite overlooks --checking out the mountains AND wildflowers.



More beautiful sky pictures;  I love seeing the shadows on the mountains!



"Hurry!!!  Let's have lunch before the rain gets here."



See the RAIN on that next ridge????  BUT--there was still sun where we were!!



Here's one more picture showing the mountains,  the sunshine,  AND RAIN in the distance!



AND---after seeing all of the beauty in the Smokies,  we had more glorious beauty on our way  home that evening.  This is the SUNSET that evening as we drove on the Cumberland Plateau heading home!!!!  WOW!



Two people in love ---who also love being in the MOUNTAINS!

Hope you enjoyed seeing more of our pictures from that Day Trip to the Smokies.  As you can see,  whether it is sunny or rainy or just cloudy,  the sky can give us so much beauty while in the mountains.. We will go back and take pictures in some of these same areas after the leaves change colors this coming month.  I can't wait to see it all again in AUTUMN.

Hugs,