Art in Bloom 2026 - Chapter 1

 

I captured the lovely docent, Dawn Wilson and my buddy Helen in the mirror.

On top of old - Mt. Pisgah

Looking down from the dining room deck at the Pisgah Inn, there are some rockers just begging for you to sit and enjoy the view!

 It was a long wait for a table for lunch, but we enjoyed wonderful food and excellent service.
This was the week before the eclipse, which was to be at 100% in this location...maybe that's why there were so many people.

 The clouds' shadows moving across the mountains were so amazing

Helen and I tried to figure out the little map with names of mountains on it.

 Here's the diagram of the same view without Helen in foreground.

 We were looking south, so Black Mountain wasn't the town, but an actual mountain of 4320 feet. But which one?

 The only problem was trying to figure out where we were on the diagram.

So if I point the camera at the diagram, and then look up, I should see the same thing? Nah.

 Towards the southeast...

Here's the Joe Pie Weed blooming!

Waterfall fun

I thought I might wade in the water, which I did before (mmm, how long ago?)

that strange log (center, leaning up on rocks with all the knobs on it) was here the last time I was...

Helen Bell is a dear friend who I take day trips with  often

The plunge pool isn't very deep, but is very rocky

And then there are the rocks that must be climbed going down, and again coming back up.

I'm not old enough to know how to do that...climb back up.  So I kind of stopped halfway down and scooted around on my behind till the rocks were more easy to climb up on.