Mountains and...

Balsam Range Band is from North Carolina - Haywood County - Balsam Range took their name from this, since they all live in the area - Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The Great Balsams are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which in turn are a part of the Appalachian Mountains. [ Wikipedia ] as Buddy said in WUNC interview .. "we all live within 10 min. of each other" - band members are: Buddy Melton .. lead vocals / fiddle / bass - Caleb Smith .. vocals / guitar [the one he had at the concert, he had made] - Tim Surrett .. vocals / bass / dobro / MC - Darren Nicholson .. harmony vocals / mandolin - Marc Pruett .. five-string banjo - each of these musicians has performed with legends in the music industry - there isn't a weak link in this bunch - hope you will enjoy some of their music on YouTube - here is the song at the concert end - '' Ruby '' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j06J1IDZis p.s. Turn up your speakers ! © All Rights Reserved

- taken by RLC [ my husband ] on Mt Jefferson, North Carolina - resized - the rest is all his composition © RLC Photos

a sign of the Season - going up the winding road of Mt Jefferson - trees change their colors from reds .. to orange .. to gold - even some are still gree - it is a beautiful drive - especially from the passenger side - (c) All Rights Reserved - Another Link in the Chain group --- ' sign '

mountain memories - Blue Ridge Parkway - Mt. Jefferson State Park - Northwest Trading Post at Mile Marker 259 [ on the Parkway ] - trees reaching toward skies of blue - filtered sun - under-story trees - wildflowers - Rhododendron buds set - moss kissed rocks - www.stateparks.com/mount_jefferson.html (c) All Rights Reserved -- EXPLORE --

- all the things possible to create with a Harley Davidson photo - this bike was chromed to the max - which is why it 'glows' - yes, know that isn't a HOG term - but it works for me - original photo used as an overlay (c) All Rights Reserved * 1 note *

in parking lot at an overlook - Mt Jefferson, North Carolina - we met a group of very nice men .. Brothers First Motorcycle Ministry .. from Greenville, North Carolina .. Pam J and I took photos that will be sent to the 'gents' .. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors ... © All Rights Reserved Another Link in the Chain .. H -- The Alphabet Site

sunlight streams through leaves of gold - orange, red and greens - all for our viewing pleasure - on top of Mount Jefferson - North Carolina USA (c) All Rights Reserved 2014 October EXPLORE / What's Hot : [ North Carolina mountains - a Spot of Paradise ]

the mountains in North Carolina - got to be fast to capture anything - so, all blurs are for effect :) (c) All Rights Reserved

Christmas trees are grown almost everywhere you look .. Ashe County is well known for beautiful trees .. They have supplied many to the White House for the Christmas season .. look in each part of this collage .. they are grown everyplace there is a spot to put one, it seems .. some in the bottom left aren't doing too well, but the rest are flourishing .. go ahead, pick one out ! (c) All Rights Reserved