Finally, some good news

Finally, some good news: 2.2 inches of rain recorded at Clingman's Peak by 8:30 this morning, and it was still raining.

Plume

Smoke from the fire in McDowell County erupting through the clouds, seen from the entrance to Mt. Mitchell State Park on Tuesday, November 22.

Later that day, Miika sent this picture with a note asking if we live in LA now.

Tiny Book

A friend of mine at Penland made this really tiny handstitched book.

Autumn Tablecloth

Cloud Ocean

Cloud ocean from the Parkway.

Hallowe'en pumpkins and trick-or-treat timelapse

Once again, Phillip and Beca Mitchell organized a massive pumpkin carving event resulting in a fantastic Jack o' Lantern display on the bridge. And once again, Scott Westall outdid himself (and everyone else) with an elaborate three-pumpkin tableaux. You might want to click on this to see it bigger.

Here are a few favorites.

So dapper.

A bit Munch Scream, I think.

Excellent bat.

This one, I don't know, I just liked this one.

This is brilliant: two pumpkin heads have a conversation while being part of a skull.



And here's a little trick-or-treat time-lapse from Eric Weatherspoon.