FORGOTTEN IN EKLMONT
Traveling north of 60 … Congratulations to Marcy whose artwork shown below was selected by the Knoxville Cultural Alliance for inclusion in the “Arts in the Airport” Exhibition. Of the 484 entries, forty-one were selected to be displayed for sale in the Knoxville McGee Tyson Airport for the next six months. Marcy’s entry entitled “Forgotten […]
BIG BIRDS OF BOTSWANA
Bird fans! Before our Africa trip disappears into the rearview mirror, I wanted to include some posts of our feathered friends. Yes, we went to Africa to see the elephants, hippos, giraffes and other exotic mammals but the wide variety of bird life proved to be fascinating as well. The images below are from Chobe […]
BIG ON BOTSWANA
We left Zimbabwe behind this morning and now we are in Botswana. Every picture and place that we have visited so far in Southern Africa pales in comparison to Botswana. The wildlife and scenery are spectacular and our accommodations are absolutely out of this world. We spent the afternoon and evening cruising down the Chobe […]
THE GRASS MENAGERIE
It is 4:30 AM and it looks like I am the first one outside on this cool, quiet African morning. As I learned later, I could have looked up to see the Southern Cross for the first time in the bright sky overhead, but that did not occur to me. Instead, I just wandered over […]
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 […]
Serene Evening Mountain Setting Sun
After seeing another photographer’s beautiful pictures of a Smoky Mountain setting sun. Marcy and I decided to head to the National Park on a recent Sunday (June 24th) to try the shot for ourselves. The weather did not look promising. Thunderstorms had settled down from the northwest, but I figured things would clear by sunset. […]
