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    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
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    2010 Valle Country Fair
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"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively."

I couldn't agree more...


2009 High Country Farm Tour | Blue Ridge Women In Agriculture

I am a big fan of the Watauga County Farmer’s Market and have always wanted to attend one of the High Country Farm Tours…I won’t make it this weekend, but, if you can you should. The ticket revenue goes to a good cause…Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture.

Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th

1 pm to [...]

I Missed My Morning Reminder To Dream The NC Mountain Dream...

Every morning for a couple of months now one of the first things I would see in my email list was this reminder…

The reminder to enter gave me permission each morning to dream that dream that started this little blog. Do I think I’ll win? No bloody likely…But so what? For a few minutes each [...]

A View to Hugh

Hugh Morton was a master at the art of photography. His image collection has been donated to the University of North Carolina where they are all being cataloged and digitalized. The good folks working on the project have a blog called “A View to Hugh”. Amber Couch was one of the archivists…She has posted a [...]

Miller house placed on historic register

From the news:

It’s more than a century old but it’s still providing family comfort.

The John Smith Miller house is Watauga County’s newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, with the Victorian-style farmhouse in the Meat Camp area earning the recognition in January.

via Miller house placed on historic register – Watauga Democrat.