Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

Fall 2020 Canvases Available

As we close out our fall season at Marcy’s Photo Journey, we offer the images below in framed canvas format at a 20% discount from the list price under each image.   Discounts apply through November. For more details, contact Marcy on her Facebook page found at  @marcys.photo.journey.   We ship to addresses within the continental United […]

THE NOT SO NOBLE ELK

Our Facebook feeds were lit up a couple weeks ago with reports from fellow photographers about their elk sightings.   In our area, the best places to see elk are Oconaluftee and Cataloochee,  both of which are on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.   Marcy and I had never been to […]

CADES COVE AFTER SUNSET – BEARS AND FIREFLIES

It had been a long day at work and I arrived home tired. I did have a list of yard chores to get to, but Marcy had planned on going to Cades Cove for evening pictures, so I decided to forsake home tasks and ride along. Our outing was pleasant. The weather had been about […]

Photo Challenge: Tour Guide – Morton’s Overlook

This week’s WordPress photo challenge is entitled: Tour Guide and asks “What do you love about where you live? Show us!”  As I commute home this time of year, the clear air gives me a great view of the Smoky Mountains looking directly at the peak where the photo below was taken last October.  It is […]

THE PERFECT BLOG POST

“I wrote some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good.” – The Height of the Ridiculous, Oliver Wendell Holmes There was no small energy expended Saturday fretting over publishing a new post in this blog space. It wasn’t so much writer’s block, […]

2016 – A NEW YEAR

On the first Saturday of the new year 2016, Doug and I found ourselves joining a line of cars waiting to get into Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We were hoping to have one of those spectacular winter sunrises that would make everything look magical with just the right low hanging […]

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