A few weekends ago we went on a long hike up the creek. The Deer Hunter wanted to show Chitter where the creek fed out from the Ad Roberson Cove. Things had changed since the last time he was there and the view wasn’t as impressive as he remembered it. The Ivies and Laurel had choked the area off till it was hard to see where the creek actually flowed in. He said it used to be one of his…
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Wildflowers & Trees Of Appalachia
Queen Anne’s Lace dots the roadsides and fields with white where I live. According to legend, Queen Anne was tatting…
Red Shoe-make (Sumac) Last Saturday’s “Overheard” post left a few of you scratching your heads. Sumac, which I’ve always heard…
Over the last two weeks the Ivies have started putting on their annual show of beauty. They start out as…
“A Mess of Ramps—Kimsey Creek” by John Parris Burton Bumgarner will tell you, with the faith of a true believer,…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Maple Trees are in Bloom
The maple trees have put on their pretty spring garments in my area of Appalachia. For the last two weeks…
On our last hike up the creek The Deer Hunter said he wanted to show us the biggest holly tree…
Strawberry bush noun A wild shrub (Euonymus americanus). Same as hearts a-bustin’ (with love). 1937 Thornborough Great Smoky Mts 25…
After reading my September Charm post earlier this week Jim Casada sent me the following email: “Tipper—Today’s blog touched me…
Wild Hydrangea grows throughout the eastern United States and it grows profusely around my mountain holler. The blooms are not…