Blue Ridge Mountain Images

At the very end of a windy mountain road in Blue Ridge, Georgia, with no neighbors in view, sits the cabin, with the name Tranquility, that was to be our retreat for a few days. And retreat is was. Four girls. Three generations. All family. Some from Tennessee. Some from Florida. We talked, we laughed, we cried, we prayed, we walked, we ate ... together ... and so much of it happened next to that wonderful outdoor fireplace on the expansive wrap around porch.

The initial post on this get-away trip is documented here.

So without too many words, I'll say goodbye for now, to densely treed woodlands, drier cooler air, afternoon hikes, candlelit fireside talks into the late night hours, sunrises and sunsets over the distant mountains, species of wildlife and wildflowers I'll not see until I return and the family I only see occasionally.

Great Spangled Fritillary on Butterfly Bush

Not sure of this pretty blue-tipped butterfly's name...

Tiny blue Summer Azure...

Profuse blooms of hydrangea with the just-as-pretty spent bloomheads of coneflower in the background ...

... pink sedum ... I'm wondering if this is Autumn Joy I've seen on so many blogs ... none in central Florida of course.

And a slide show of fungi specimens you might be as intrigued about as I found myself ... taking closeups of so many different varieties found along our walking trail.