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River Ledges
This is Abrams Creek, as photographed along my hike to Abrams Falls, located at Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. With rock ledges positioned at an angle across the waterway, I thought it was an interesting shot to capture. And, if you agree, you may enjoy it on a wall in your home. Prints are available in my gallery, so stop by for a visit…
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Poems in Comment
I’ve published several poems on my web site over the passed few years, and I’ve also included poetry as comments in posts on other sites. Here are a few such samples, which I’ve penned over time…
Title of Post With Link: “Life Lessons“
Poetess: AnnabelIn wisdom through your word
Your call to thrive is heard
May generations sing
The life that’s yours to bring
Title of Post With Link: “Spring Renewal“
Poetess: Cindy GeorakasA poetic machine of fine lines, threads for treads and gears grooved for beautiful road trips of enlightened adventures, your creative capacity, like Spring, is always refreshing!
Title of Post With Link: “A Transformação do Não“ (Portuguese, meaning “The Transformation of No”)
Poetess: Carla MilhoYou are a work of art –
the beauty in your eyes
and the love within your heart
Title of Post With Link: “Night falls, dreams rise“
Poetess: Michele LeeI just made a wish
Her name is Michele
A romance novelist
Warming hearts as books sell
Title of Post With Link: “Back to Wonderland“
Poetess: Issie AlexanderThe time is now
To realize
This trip begins
Within our eyes
All Poems © 2023 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
Good To Me, by Forevermore (1970)
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Vintage Miami Skyline
This vintage photograph was taken from a 5th floor apartment in Miami Beach, Florida, looking across Biscayne Bay at the Miami city skyline. Like it? If so, you can enjoy products featuring this image when you visit the following shops:
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Starburst Watercolor Tie Dye
This colorful, retro digital folk art blends textural qualities of watercolor with the starburst, graphic style of tie dye. You’ll find it available on many cool products when you visit my shops…
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Black and White Storm Clouds
This black and white photography features low-ceiling storm clouds over the Smoky Mountains, as seen from a scenic overlook along Foothills Parkway, near Townsend, Tennessee. I managed to keep dry, though rain is visible in the center of this landscape scenery.
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Maize And Blue Mandala
Intricate detail and symmetry adorn this abstract maize and blue mandala pattern artwork. You can find many wonderful products featuring my design, when visiting these galleries → Redbubble, Tee Public and Pixels.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Cades Cove
Here are a few photographs taken recently, while on a late afternoon visit to Cades Cove. Located in a verdant valley of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, an area originally inhabited by Cherokee Indians, it was later settled by European immigrants sometime between 1818-1821.
Today, it’s one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and there are many individual areas within Cades Cove to enjoy. Here are a few examples –
Most commonly, tourists partake in a one-way scenic drive along an 11 mile road – a loop – through the park. It usually takes between 2-3 hours, with traffic stop and go along the shoulder, as people pause to examine the natural habitat, vintage churches and log cabins, mountain landscapes and wildlife.
Driving along this scenic loop, I spotted eight bears on six different occasions. I also realized that I would have benefited by using a longer zoom lens with my camera, as these bears were to far away for close-up photographs.
Other animals spotted included two wild turkeys, a whitetail deer, and approximately two dozen horses. The park has a stable on site where families can saddle-up for riding, and these horses are also allowed to run free within expansive, fenced boundaries of the park. In fact, soon after I entered Cades Cove, I heard and observed roughly ten horses galloping along a worn, dirt path, parallel with the road.
Fortunately, the weather remained dry during my visit, though storm clouds were moving in from the east, over the mountains.
If you’re ever in the area and would like to enjoy a combination of historical sites, wildlife and green valleys surrounded by mountains, then I would recommend that you visit Cades Cove. Despite its popularity, you’ll find your visit to be a peaceful and rewarding experience.
I appreciate your visit, and, if you’d be interested, feel free to visit my gallery to find prints available for your home or office. Thanks very much!
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Poem for a Friend
This poem was written for a dear friend, Carla Milho – a very talented writer and lovely lady from Lisbon, Portugal – who is a frequent source of my inspiration, often on my mind and in my heart…
Beneath starlit skies
Passion lights our eyes
Drawing near, love invites summer funThese moments, sublime
– always right on time
When we feel our two hearts beat as one© 2023 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
Just the Way You Are, by Billy Joel (1977) – see lyrics here.
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Layers of Fog
I shot this black and white morning photograph from a scenic overlook on Chilhowee Mountain, located in the Cherokee National Forest, near Benton, Tennessee. Several prints are available in my gallery, including: canvas, framed, acrylic, metal, wood, art, poster and tapestry. Other items, too.
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Morning View
This morning landscape scene is based on a photograph of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, as captured from an overlook in the Cherokee National Forest, near Benton, Tennessee. It’s been stylized, including sketchy painting and an added textural layer, to give it a vintage quality.
If you’d be interested, prints are available in my gallery on a variety of options. Customizations can be made on framed prints, as well. So, stop by and have a look around when you’re in the neighborhood. Thanks!
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Forest Creek
This scenic creek was photographed in the Smoky Mountains while standing in shallow water. It’s available on a variety of prints in my gallery, so check it out & thanks for visiting!
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Waterfall on Bruce Creek
Prints available here. This is one of a few unnamed waterfalls located along Bruce Creek, in Caryville, Tennessee, as photographed while hiking to Triple Falls (a.k.a., Little Egypt).
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