SkyWatch Friday: Home again home again jiggedy jog

Note - my Dona Nobis Pacem post is after this one.

Last week when we were almost home from a trip, I had to laugh at myself for continuing to snap photographs like crazy.

I couldn't resist because it was as if the sky was putting on a show to welcome me home.

The first shot was going over the bridge by the airport which is about 11 miles from my house and the second shot is about 10 miles from my house.

The shot above is about 6 miles from my house and the shot below is a little over 5 miles from my house.

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Dona Nobis Pacem

Peace to you and yours with love from Carver! A big thank you to Mimi for her work in keeping this event alive from year to year.

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ABC Wednesday: One post for P and O

I was off last week and missed the letter O. I am catching up with a combined post for this week's P and last week's O. Below is one pigeon which covers two letters with one picture. I took that photograph several years ago at Atlantic Beach, NC.

The rest of the photographs were taken last week in the North Carolina mountains where I enjoyed the great outdoors. The pretty trees had lots of orange leaves.

One shot I took showed a somewhat palatial house. The Moses Cone Manor House may not be a palace but it's not an ordinary primitive mountain retreat either.

For the last photograph, I give you a panoramic view standing at the Manor House fence looking down on the pretty lake.

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That's My World Tuesday: Recent road trip to NC mountains

As I've mentioned on other My World posts, I live in central North Carolina which is an easy drive to the mountains west of me or to the coast east of me.

Last week we went to the northwestern North Carolina mountains. The shot above was when we reached the foothills and the mountains were on the horizon.

As we started to climb the mountains we were rewarded with a blaze of color.

The apples above were in the Blowing Rock Cannon memorial garden . I've noticed that on other autumn trips. The apple trees hang over the water and a bunch of apples end up in the water.

The next day began with fog and rain but was still nice for driving around and cleared enough for walking later in the day.

I took the shot below standing up on the hill where the Moses Cone Manor House (Blowing Rock, NC) is looking down at Bass Lake.

The next shot is after we walked down to the lake.

I managed to get a bunch of shots of the geese flying towards the lake in large groups.

The next two shots are ones I took when we drove over to Valle Crusis a small community near Boone, NC.

It's hard not to get part of the dash reflected in shots through the windshield but I like the one below ok in spite of the flash. I wasn't in the car when I took the shot above which tends to work better.

The next day we went on a very foggy walk at the lower part of the Moses Cone Memorial Park, sticking to the trail around Bass Lake and a short part of the trail towards the apple barn.

I love the fog but I wouldn't want to go on a very adventurous hike in it.

The last shot is one I took was when Bill didn't realize I had stopped to rest and I caught a shot of him trudging on without me. He noticed I was lagging behind and stopped before he got out of sight.

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