Highlighted by the Sun

Fall colors highlighted with the soft light of an autumn afternoon.

Most of the time it doesn't work to take a picture into the sun light, but in this case the sun highlighted the colors of the trees and brought the ridges to life by giving them a gentle glow. 

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life."

        Rachael Carson (1907-1964): American Nature Writer, Marine Biologist

There's Gold in Them There Hills!

Gold in the Smokies.

While many may search for gold the in the mineral form, I go in search of another kind of gold in them there hills! 

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

          Henry David Thoreau (1817- 1862):  American Author, Poet, Naturalist, Philosopher