Well, I couldn't think of anything really good to do today. Didn't feel like unpacking. So I asked V if she wanted to go for a drive and she said yes. So we drove to Erwin, Tennessee, a small town about half an hour from here. More on that another day.
On the way, everything looked lush and green from all the rain we've been getting yesterday and today, and the clouds hung so low it looked as if you could touch them. If only they'd been pink, I might have eaten some to see if they tasted like cotton candy.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing what these mountains look like this fall.
On the way back, I decided to drive up a hill that I was hoping would lead to the top of a mountain. It did not. It was just a dead end, though there are several houses up there. I couldn't see most of them from the very narrow road. Or maybe I was too busy keeping my eyes on that very narrow road. I wonder about the lives of the people who live there in such privacy. One house had some lovely chickens, each dressed in multi-shades of beautiful browns, roaming free in the front yard, fat and sassy. Another house was a single-wide with lots of stuff in the yard, but across the street they had a beautiful garden and what looked like a man-made pond with a statue of a child in the center and a thousand lilypads.
On the way home, I had to take an exit so that I could stop and take a picture of these mountains.
My measly pictures do not do it justice. I thought about cloning out the wires on this one below, but then I saw the birds sitting on the top wire and I just couldn't do it.
Tomorrow is Thursday (I have to keep reminding myself - sometimes I lose track of days). Then comes Friday - after R gets home from work, we are driving down to Georgia to visit with some family. Should be fun. V always has a good time being adored by everyone, that's for sure.
i love green :) and the pictures here are beautiful
Posted by: sharanya | 28 August 2008 at 03:08 AM
Wow! Thanks for these tours that shows up the reality around you, it is always amazing to discover some world slices :)
I think your pictures are great, I mean... with such a cloudy day having such great greens is fascinating. :)
Posted by: Elisa | 28 August 2008 at 04:34 AM
Love the mountains. Oh, I bet the colors will be so beautiful this fall. Very jealous here...
It is very flat where we live.
Posted by: sheri | 28 August 2008 at 09:44 AM
You live in such a lovely place! Of course, everyone is always envious to live anywhere else. Those mountains are so beautiful...and far better than unpacking! It's flat here compliments of the glaciers that dug out the lake that is 2 minutes away.
Posted by: jessica | 28 August 2008 at 11:12 AM
Beautiful pictures. I love the mountains, I really miss them (there are none near me here in England, the nearest are Scotland.)
Thanks for stopping by on my blog today.
Posted by: Jen M | 29 August 2008 at 03:08 PM
Simply Breathtaking.
Posted by: shelli | 06 September 2008 at 03:10 PM