Looking toward the Blacks from TTT just after sundown. I posted this on Facebook and Jeff tagged it as a mountain shadow, but Tal thinks it's more likely that it was the shadow of a distant thunderhead. Smithsonian seems to be backing him up.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Sunset Phenomenon
Looking toward the Blacks from TTT just after sundown. I posted this on Facebook and Jeff tagged it as a mountain shadow, but Tal thinks it's more likely that it was the shadow of a distant thunderhead. Smithsonian seems to be backing him up.
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
Dark Sky
Yancey County's Bare Dark Sky Observatory is a fantastic resource. Plan a trip. They have two large telescopes, laser pointers, reclining chairs, and lots of information to share. When was the last time you spent a couple of hours just looking at the stars, anyway?
Monday, July 30, 2018
Pair and Trio
Michael Fishbach sent this amazing picture of a pair of hellbenders, taken in the South Toe River with his underwater camera.
Miika sent this perfect trio of woodland dwellers.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
The Farm Olympics!
Once again, Gaelen and Nicole hosted a bang-up outdoor party at their Green Toe Ground farm in early July including the Farm Olympics, Celo's most competitive and most ridiculous sporting event.
Here's a collage of contestants in action. You can watch it in this little viewer, but I recommend full-screen for maximum muddy detail.
Here's a collage of contestants in action. You can watch it in this little viewer, but I recommend full-screen for maximum muddy detail.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Log by Log
There's a remarkable project going on over at Penland School right now. The school has known for years that many (about 20 percent) of the logs in the iconic Craft House were damaged to the point of needing replacement. It took a decade to raise the funds for this project, and for all that time everyone kept wondering how in the world the job would be done when the time came. Now that contractor Richard Huss and crew are deep into the job, we are starting to get the answer.
And the answer is: log by log. They take out a log or two, put in some props, cut a new log to length, lay it in the space, mark it, cut notches, put it in place, refine the cuts, put it back in place, and then do it again. It helps that the building has a quite a bit of structure inside of the logs and it’s nailed together every which way. But the secret seems to be patience and the methodical application of craft.
And the answer is: log by log. They take out a log or two, put in some props, cut a new log to length, lay it in the space, mark it, cut notches, put it in place, refine the cuts, put it back in place, and then do it again. It helps that the building has a quite a bit of structure inside of the logs and it’s nailed together every which way. But the secret seems to be patience and the methodical application of craft.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Cool Tents
Last weekend there was a big old singing gathering at the end of Grindstaff Road -- with cool tents.
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