Appalachian Heartbeat

May 2015 Nature, with a splash of blue taken from the sky, covered the scars of the old logging road until it looked like a meandering stream with bouquets of flowers tucked betw...

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Autumn slips into our lives during warm, butterscotch days and creates ripples of rainbow waters. Blue skies tease into eternity And foggy mornings kiss the earth.  T...

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This view from Bickle Knob in Randolph County, WV, is a reminder of the fragile yet magnificent beauty that we enjoy. Although it has changed much over the years due to logging and commercia...

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What a beautiful morning.  About 7:00, the clouds diffused the early  morning  sun giving everything a pink hue. Even this weathered pole had a soft, warm glow.  Jewelweed,...

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THE SUN SPILLED ONTO THE MOUNTAINS,  AND THEY REFLECTED BACK TO THE HEAVENS.

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A Magnolia Warbler in the birch tree. In May, while I was fixing dinner, I saw a pretty, little, yellow and black bird looking back at me through the kitchen window. I grabbed my camera and too...

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The spring orchids, especially the lady slippers, (Cypripedium acaule) are among the biggest treats in store for the person who ventures into the woods on a May or June day. They have long b...

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With petals peeking from the ground as if standing on tiny toes, the snow trillium reaches upward embracing winter's cold while warming in a mellow sun. The first flower of the se...

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The storm was supposed to begin on Monday, October 29, and the weather forecasters predicted three or more feet of heavy wet snow. Of course, I was hoping they were wrong, very, very wrong. B...

https://appalachianheartbeat.blogspot.com/2012/11/chaos-in-white-sandy-blizzard-2012-in.html

Travelling in autumn down a country road where leaves like flowers glow the day. The only sound is the wind's soft tones and the crunch of tires on stones. We drive past old home sites ...

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I used to subscribe to several gardening magazines that I really enjoyed.  They discussed new plant varieties, growing information about old favorites, but most of all, they always seemed to...

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Every spring, we are delighted to see our phoebes returning to the overhang above our garage doors. The female tidies up last year's nest with fresh moss and settles in.  They return much e...

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>  THOSE WHO DWELL AMONG THE BEAUTIES AND MYSTERIES OF THE EARTH ARE NEVER ALONE OR WEARY OF LIFE.   RACHAEL CARSON I love Rachael Carson's comment.  Nothing seems more welcome to me than...

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I spent the last two weeks of March in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky during a record breaking warm period with many temperatures in the mid eighties.  Spring erupted and faded into an ea...

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This was our destination, a place that I had wanted to visit since I first learned about it during a brief transfer to  Louisville, Kentucky back in 1978. The hike up and back was a little o...

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Herbs for sale on an old bench. Grow your own mushrooms.   This man explains that he came to the fair to educate  people about mushrooms.   He already sells all that he can grow�...

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I visited  the Knobs area of Kentucky during the last two weeks of March.  It is located where the Appalachian Mountains slope down to the Bluegrass leaving an edging of tiny hills called knobs...

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AUTUMN IS A SECOND SPRING WHEN EVERY LEAF IS A FLOWER.  ALBERT CAMUS Now all is drab while frosty mornings give way to teases of approaching snows. What better time to look back with nosta...

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The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly. Pounce Denis Ecouchard Lebrum The amazing and wonderful Monarch Butterfly is probably best known for it's migration.  While...

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On October 15, Courage our deer with the injured leg returned.  She had been missing for six days following a period of very heavy vehicle traffic on the previous Sunday. Sadly, one of her ...

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A misty September morning The first summer after I returned to this area, I made the mistake of getting attached to some of the deer.  In particular, two does stood out that always tr...

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Summer warms the body, feeds the soul and delights the senses with a kaleidoscope of colors. With fall evident all around, I love to look back through the photos that I have taken, at the v...

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During the week of April 17 to 23, we travelled to the Knobs Region of Kentucky. The hills are called The Knobs because they are cone-shaped with steep sides and altitudes generally less th...

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