Ordinary Old Smokies

Over the years I have shared several images from my favorite sunrise location in GSMNP, from the quite dramatic to the quite mundane. Truth is, Luftee Overlook is, in my humble opinion, never mundane, and just before the arrival of the spring’s new green, is one...
The Shape of Floating Color

The Shape of Floating Color

The small red maples that line the shore of the old mill pond at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, just a stone’s throw from the marvels of Moonstone Beach on Rhode Island’s incredible coast, offer themselves first as reflected leaves in the...
A Communion of Trees

A Communion of Trees

The gentle pastels of spring in the mountains are every bit as wonderful to me as the vibrant hues of autumn. There is an excitement to watching the world rebirth itself that the colors of spring seem to match with intensity and precision from the lowest valley to the...
This Ancient Land

This Ancient Land

A slender red maple (Acer rubrum) sapling struggles for a place among already-mature eastern yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Both are common to the eastern cove hardwood forests of the Smokies. Bonnie and I criss-crossed the Park yesterday in search of...