Author Archives: Kathy Smith

Colors of the Smoky Mountains

It is no won­der the Great Smoky Moun­tains National Park is the most vis­ited park in the United States. In 2010 there were over 9 mil­lion vis­i­tors to the park, nearly dou­bling the num­ber of vis­i­tors to the Grand Canyon National Park. There is a won­der­ful beauty to these old mountains!

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Metts Wedding — Asheville NC

It was a beau­ti­ful after­noon in Asheville, NC, when Crys­tal and Zach said their “I Do’s”.  After many years of dat­ing they decided to get mar­ried.  Friends and fam­ily were so happy for these two. Crystal’s dress was stun­ning. After the cer­e­mony the cou­ple made their way to Zach’s fam­ily home and land.  The view was […]

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Wood Turning

We met Joe Rumin­ski, owner of The Gift Turn­ing Stu­dio, at the NC State Fair in Asheville this past week­end. He was demon­strat­ing his craft of wood turn­ing. We found this fas­ci­nat­ing since my hus­band and I had talked about try­ing it a few months back. Joe was mak­ing the task of turn­ing a bowl […]

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Leaving the Nest

After nearly step­ping on this baby bird, I quickly ran for my cam­era. I had no idea I’d see the lit­tle bird try­ing to learn to fly and the mother feed­ing it. This lit­tle bird was no big­ger than the palm of my hand, but it appears to be get­ting ready to fight with me. Mom was […]

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Skaneateles NY

This church is located in Skaneate­les, NY, in the Fin­ger­lake region. Skaneate­les is a charm­ing lit­tle town with a great bak­ery hid­den away on one of the back streets!

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