Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains

Hello from the hills! Masses of violets are all around the house this year. The azaleas are budding and ready to burst open. My whi...

Hello from the soggy wet foothills!  We're still getting a lot  of rain, but it sure beats none. Hyacinth So, we heard there were m...

We had another snow day since we talked last, but I'll spare you most of the glorious details.  All I can say is I love  "global wa...

This is winter in Tennessee y'all.  All last week our daffodils were blooming their little hearts out then... On Saturday under a f...

Hello from the foothills where we had very mild weather around the new year so that the daffodils  tried to bloom this month, but our recen...