📷 Geese with goslings on the Tuckasee River at Ela, 11:05 AM.
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📷 Bull elk, grazing at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 6:55 AM.
📷 Close encounter with a bull elk grazing, Two Rivers Lodge, Ela, 8:30 AM.
🍅 Scored a few slicing tomatoes from Grainger County, TN at Jimmy's Produce in Bryson City. They're sweet and perfect for tomato sandwiches. 😋
Walnut tree, Magnolia Cemetery, 2023.
This grand, 80-foot tree was felled by winds from Hurricane Helene in 2024.
📷 Wild blackberries in the yard are beginning to ripen.
Squee! Just spotted an Appalachian Cottontail in front of the cabin!
📷 Bull elk at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 6:40 AM.
📷 The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, viewed from Bryson City, 11:55 AM.
📷 Starry night with moth in flight.
📷 A new view from the cabin porch, looking right, across the mountain, 7:50 PM.
📷 Stopped by Darnell Farms for tomatoes this afternoon, but the place was packed. Live music, food trucks, picnic areas by the Tuckasegee, and a playground for kids, including a bouncy house. All free (except the food).
Too many people for me, but I'm glad to see the Darnell's doing well as an agritourist destination.
📷 Farm, outside Cherokee NC, 8:40 AM.
📷 Bull elk at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 8:40 PM.
🍅 Sure, sex is good, but have you tried a Cherokee Purple tomato sandwich on 12-grain with Duke's Mayo, salt and pepper?
📷 I'm ready for Autumn and cooler temps.