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Spring is in the air. Finally. (Knock on wood.)
After lunch, I was walking with Buffy outside. It was muddy, soggy and yucky. When we walked, we sank down and got mud and water on paws and shoes. My shoes will need to be cleaned, and Buffy will probably get a bath tonight. On a positive note, buds on the trees are now coming out. A small waterfall, across the road, is splashing mountain water into the stream that goes to the creek. A robin is walking across the lawn. Grass is becoming greener. Now, the colors of nature are brown, black and gray, the colors of winter. Soon, it’ll be green. It’s the sign of what’s to come: Spring.
Let it come… let it be.
When I went out to take pictures of the snow before it melts away, it was sprinkling. Ugh! At least, I got them in time. Enjoy!
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- The Foothill
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- Tree Removal Truck
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- Welcome Plaque of Bluebirds Covered in Snow from Aunt Dot
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- Snow Covered Creek in Back Yard
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- Back Yard
Tonight, I was walking Buffy in the yard between the manse and the church on a nice and cool twilight. While she was busy sniffing around, I looked up at the sky and saw the big, white moon through the trees. I ran inside to get the camera and learned that it needed to be charged. Rats! So I grabbed my iPhone and took a couple of snapshots.
It looked like a full moon, but I wasn’t quite sure. On the Internet, I looked it up, and we are two days away from a full moon. I wish y’all could see the moon through the trees; it was a beautiful view. Granted it’s not the best quality picture, but here it is.
Also I took some pictures of Buffy as we came back into the house. She’s so cute, especially after a bath. Here’s one of them.
Last night, we were driving home from the bowling party in Pikeville. On US 119, we saw this unusual light further down the road, and we weren’t quite sure what it was. As we got closer, we realized that it was a forest fire on a side of a mountain. It was our first time seeing a forest fire live. Of course, we were able to smell the smoke after we passed the fire.
Today, I tried to find information about the forest fire online via newspapers and blogs, except WYMT news blurb on a forest fire in another county. So apparently, there were several yesterday. Sometimes that these fires are deliberately set. Stupid people! Last week, two houses were burned down in another county about 100 miles away. Kentucky has an outdoor burning ban during daytime hours from February to the end of April, because this is forest fire hazard season. Tonight, it is forcasted that we’re getting a thunderstorm.
Recently, it has been cold, snowy, and rainy. Finally today, it warmed up to 60’s. It amazes me when I see that there is still ice on the sides of the mountains. In some places, the ice is melting and the water comes down quickly over the rocks. It’s beautiful.
Card Mountain near Mouthcard, Kentucky on US 460
Card Mountain near Mouthcard, Kentucky on US 460
Part of my new job is traveling to schools. On average, I’m driving 100 miles round trip. At first, I really didn’t like it, because at my old job, I was driving barely 4 miles round trip. I’m also taking my office, which is really a rolling suitcase with compartments, everywhere with me. I have to remember to bring certain curriculum materials for that particular student at that specific school. It’s not an easy task to do. This is a huge change for me.
Yet, one of the pleasures of this new job is driving along one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Sometimes, I take pictures if I have the camera with me and if I have time to stop and shoot. Enjoy.
The following pictures are taken from the scenic outlook at Pikeville, Kentucky. One of the pictures show the “cut-through”, which means that part of the mountain was blasted off and dug out in order to make room for roads and development. This particular “cut-through” is the largest man-made movement of rocks and dirt besides the Panama Canal. Engineers moved the river and the railroads out of downtown Pikeville to this “cut-through” to make room for development and for better roads.
City of Pikeville
“The Cut-Through”
Mountains Around Pikeville
In early October, we also took a trip to Breaks Interstate Park, which is on the border of Kentucky and Virginia. The former pastor and his wife invited us along to the restaurant at the park. It was a nice outing. After getting stuffed, they rested on the porch of the lodge while we walked on a short trail to see the gorge. I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
Yep! That’s my feet.
I’m sitting on the rock looking down the gorge.
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