Finally...

Our tomatoes were slow to set on this year.


They grew very, very tall.


They grew bigger, but took their time turning.


Finally! True love and home-grown tomatoes! What more could you want? How 'bout some fried cabbage and cornbread!

Where's Waldo...er...Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato loves to sleep among my flower pots on the picnic table. I had to take this pix through the kitchen window because if I had went out, he would have been in my arms and I wanted to catch him snoozing. Sometimes, all you can see is a tail sticking out from among the pots. He is still the sweetest cat in the world.

On Mountains and Sky...

Normally, I can remember when and where I take my pictures. This one, however, has me stumped. I can't remember where I was, or when I took it. I know it was on a trip home and I asked dear husband to pull the car over so I could take a pix. Beyond that, I don't remember. I think it's pretty though.

I love our mountains, but you just about have to go outside and look straight up to even see the sky here. We are surrounded by mountains. I always enjoy looking at the sky when we travel. As long as I don't see too much of it. Flat land makes me very uncomfortable. I feel anchored and protected by the mountains.

From the pilot episode of Christy...

"...Nothing in my life had prepared me for the wonder of those mountains. Smoke blue and serene, folded one behind the other. I counted eleven ranges rising up toward the vault of the sky.

I didn't realize it then, but from the very first moment I saw them, the mountains were a source of peace and strength to me. Always there to quiet my mind and satisfy my heart."

I couldn't have said it any better.

Roaring Fork

It's a busy time for me, but these pix were too pretty not to share. We found this waterfall just down from an old cabin on the Roaring Fork Motor Trail up on Cherokee Orchard Road in Gatlinburg on our short vacation this year. This is one of the prettiest places I have ever seen. The pix do not do it justice.