Our Hiawassee home and vicinity Various Images - 2019 |
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I was surprised to see this Marbled Orbweaver spider outside on the first day of the new year |
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Needle ice in the clay, on a cold morning |
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I was looking for a stone bowl site near Track Rock Gap and came across this pretty step cascade. |
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Returning from an exploration at Beech Flats, I looked back at the late winter sun shining on High Cove Ridge. |
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A beautiful post-sunset sky, from our deck, in late January |
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1960 Ford and old log cabin, in upper Hightower neighborhood. |
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Stagecoach Inn from the early 1800s at Travelers Rest Historic Site |
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Another beautiful post-sunset sky, early February We get the nicest sunsets in the winter... |
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Another beauty, this one in March |
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View toward Young Harris Valley from an outcrop along the Arkaquah Trail |
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Stone culvert under a railroad grade on a tributary of the Nantahala River |
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Our monster Amaryllis, with 4 flowers on one stalk and 5 on the other. |
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Old bridge piers from the Tallulah Falls Railway at Tallulah Gorge |
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Exploring at the base of a massive cliff overhang below Buzzard Roost Ridge. |
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Smaller Parasa moth (Parasa chloris) on one of our door windows |
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Moth from the underside |
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A collage of some of our Daylily blooms... |
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Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) |
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Asian Praying Mantis egg case |
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With our first freeze of the year coming overnight, it was time to harvest the last of the peppers and tomatoes. |
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Eagle Mountain from Upper Bell Creek |