Autumn Color Inspiration

It has been a fabulous three days in the North Carolina mountains.  It rained on the way up on Thursday night, but after that it has been beautiful, with a full moon and mostly clear skies.  We took a couple of trips into town to buy groceries and other supplies.  Signs of the season were everywhere!

We took a ride up to the top of Mount Jefferson to see the colorful view.

Of course, we took some Gator rides closer to home.  It was so pretty.

I was a happy girl!

Our contractor has finished excavating for the basement of our new cabin..  Now when we look out the window we see this.

But the view from the new cabin will be nice.

Tomorrow morning I start my class with Fealing Lin.  I am both nervous and excited.  More to come!

First Fall Weekend in the Mountains

It's starting to look like fall on the first official weekend of the season.

More and more trees are displaying their autumn palettes.

As is the forest floor.

The fern banks still shine in the shafts of light that reach them through the forest, but some have shed their brilliant yellow-green for the tawny golds and brown of fall.

My window boxes on the cabin have been very sad since all the heat of the summer.

Now they are happy.

It makes me so happy to be in the mountains.

Almost Heaven!