Here, There & Everywhere

We started out this morning for a day trip thinking we would head up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. When we left the house, we could barely see the mountain range.

This is a small barn that is directly across the road from us. Unfortunately, the cows I was looking for were not there. I really want to get an up-close picture of a cow’s face.

When we got to the Blue Ridge Parkway, we saw pretty much nothing but fog. We drove a couple of miles before Tommy decided it wasn’t too smart to be driving when you could only see about 10 feet in front of you. I did convince him to stop a couple of times to take some pictures. It was really hard to get things in focus as the fog blew left, right and all over. This is Fryingpan Tunnel.

These trees were so cool looking in the fog.



Since we couldn’t drive the Parkway, we headed back down 215 to see if we could find Courthouse Rock Falls. To get there, we had to drive on a road that I usually don’t like to be on. Only because when you look out the window you see the river that is really, really far down. I get pretty nervous on roads like this.

We came across this falls that we had never seen before because we’d never been on the road when there were no leaves on the trees. It’s not a good picture and you can’t really get the perspective, but the top is probably 90-100 feet high. There were too many trees around and no way to get to a clearing in order to get a good shot.

Father down the road, we stopped to take some pictures of the river. I love this part of the drive!


According to the directions we had, you were to park at a small parking area and walk about 5-7 minutes and you would be at the top of Courthouse Rock Falls. Tommy and Bubba took off up the trail with me following.

We never found the top of the falls and what we could see was at an angle from the trail that I couldn’t get a good picture. But the river was pretty here too.

Part of our drive.

Is your Christmas tree one of these?

Before we left home, we went to see my surgeon to get the results of the latest MRI. Good news! The tumors are stable which means I have to do nothing until my next MRI in a year. YAY!!

He is NOT spoiled! Well, OK, maybe just a little bit. But he makes us laugh. As Tommy says, “Beagles possess a comical nature.”

This picture was taken with Amanda in mind. I know how much she enjoys a good, roaring fire.

Here’s Bubba with his favorite uncle, Cleg. Cleg and Anne came up and spent a couple of days with us. Tommy worked Cleg–cutting, splitting and toting (in a wagon) firewood from about 1/3 mile up the trail. Anne and I spent a day and a half working on her genealogy. We were pretty successful in finding some of her ancestors. Unfortunately, it was not the line she wanted to work on. Such is the way with genealogy.

While we were working on her lines, I checked some of mine that I hadn’t looked at in a while. Bingo! I found some more information that I’d been looking for. Included in that information was this picture of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Willis Waggener, who died in 1900. I’m not seeing any family resemblance. :)

It rained all day yesterday and all night last night. We’re expecting more rain today until probably mid afternoon. This was our view this morning about 8:00 a.m.

We have some very pretty maple trees in our neighborhood. Wish they were in my yard.

What a great Halloween it was even though we only had 7 trick-or-treaters come by. I wonder when I’m going to learn not to buy so much candy. This year we have extra candy as Tommy and I both bought some.

It was a great day for Tommy though. Georgia Tech beat Vanderbilt and Florida beat Georgia. :)

On the way home from BG last time, we saw the following set up on the side of the road. Of course we had to stop and take some pictures.

And because I want to, I’m sharing a flower picture.

We finally took the time to stop at Whitewater Falls on our way home. The falls, which drop 411 feet, are breathtaking. The top part of the falls are in North Carolina and the bottom are in South Carolina. Absolutely beautiful with the Fall colors!

Irish, Kerry and Terry dressed for Halloween. Pretty cute, huh?

We went up to the Blue Ridge Parkway to see if we could find some Fall color. Much of it high up was gone, but we were able to find some.

We came home with the plan that we would go back up to the Parkway to try and catch a good sunset.

The best sunset color turned out to be out our back (or is it the front?) door!

We decided to go to BG to get some Fall color. I think the trees have already hit their peak, but there’s still some pretty color. This picture was taken about 10:45 a.m.

Two hours later, this is what we’re looking at.

I love taking pictures. :)

Waterfall at the Roswell Mill.

Dahlia bloom in the garden.