Sunrise over Watts Bar Lake

This Watts Bar Lake sunrise was taken during the fall of 2008,

while Jimmy and I were living out of the Spring City motel.

No Great Blue Heron here either,

but I probably saw him later that morning.

Easter Sunday - HE IS ALIVE!!!!

Whether it is at a large or small church I hope everybody

will be in church this Easter morning.

I thought I should share some of my church photos for Easter Sunday.

St John's Lutheran Church in Knoxville, Tennessee Rural church in Rhea County, Tennessee.

Highlands United Methodist Church in Highland, North Carolina.

Marion Baptist Church in Marion Virginia.

Mount Carmel United Methodist Church in Virginia.

Wharf Hill United Methodist Church, close to Marion, Virginia.

This will be our first Easter in our new sanctuary at our church.

I only have photos of it under construction.

Rainbow over Watts Bar - Sky Watch Friday

Late evening at the corner of Watts Bar Lake,

viewed from the Veterans Park in Spring City, Tennessee.

This photograph was taken during warmer days. It is currently cold in Tennessee.

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Sunrise Watts Bar Lake - Sky Watch - January 1

Watching the sunrise over Watts Bar Lake from Spring City, Tennessee.

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Before sunrise at Watts Bar - Sky Watch Dec 19

Just waiting for the sun to come up one September morning.

None of us seem to be seeing much color, so pulled this out of the archives to post.

A reminder this dreary look we are seeing right now will not last.

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Fall Colors, going, going, gone

This photograph of Watts Bar Lake was taken 2 weeks ago close to the Caney Creek Marina. This marina is between Kingston and Rockwood. The leaves were still hanging on, but not much color. The leaves are like this all over East Tennessee this year. When the rain starts everybody says there goes the last of the leaves. It rained all day on Monday, then on Tuesday I noticed a line of trees still covered in leaves, even with a hint of bright yellow scattered throughout it. Everybody is saying when the leaves hang on like this the winter is going to be a COLD winter. This doesn't predict the snows, that is by the fogs in August. A cold hard winter is also predicted by the mast crop, well in our area the mast crop is huge this year. I don't like cold weather. Wish I could go to Florida for the winter, but that does not pay the bills.

Watts Bar Lake is looking kind of dreary now days.

The water is very low from Veterans Park. Hard to find my favorite Great Blue Heron as often I was earlier in the year.

These were taken on Veterans Day, at Veterans Park. The last of the fall colors.

This last photograph was actually taken on the highway going to Cumberland Mtn State Park, a week earlier than the other photos posted here.

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Great Blue Heron in trees at Watts Bar Lake

I was out looking for fall colors on October 9. Was a little disappointed no Heron in sight. This is a favorite spot for me to find Great Blue Heron. Was scanning the area for better fall colors and in the trees I spotted the Heron. Wish the trees had been red all around him, but oh well. I don't think I have ever seen one in a tree.

It does seem the fall color peak is getting later. The peak this year was not is September, or even October, but November. We used to think of September as fall colors, I had gotten used to October. But November?

Fall Colors just barely hanging on

When I got to Spring City yesterday afternoon thought I should get out and take some last photos of the fall colors.

The rain is coming and is suppose to stay for several days. I am sure there will be no leaves left after the rain...except on the ground.

Notice the Eastern Bluebird, thinks he is hiding in the fall colors. There were a lot of birds but with all the leaves already on the ground I couldn't get close to them. Even the Great Blue Heron I photograph almost weekly took flight before I could get close to him.

Last nights sunset

This sunset photograph was taken last night from my backyard. I saw the glow on the neighbor's house and went running around the back to take a look. The left tree is the same tree in my profile photograph.

More fall colors around Watts Bar Lake

These photographs were also taken between Kingston and Rockwood.

These were taken standing on the side of the highway. So quiet and peaceful to be so close to the highway.

The last photograph has 2 men out fishing in the fall afternoon. So relaxing.

Fall Colors around Watts Bar Lake

These photos were taken between Kingston and Rockwood last Sunday afternoon when we first got back to East Tennessee from vacation.

This driftwood in the front looks like it needs a bird sitting on it. Would have made a great photograph.

Watts Bar Lake is on both sides of the highway between Kingston and Rockwood. I love reflections in water anytime of year, but fall just adds to the reflections. I also like the evergreens mixed in here.

Fall Colors in Roane County

I took these photos on Monday while I was running errands involved with buying the new house close to Jimmy's work. The top 2 photos are in Rockwood, Tennessee.

The last 2 are in Harriman, Tennessee. Went to Harriman looking for the courthouse, ends out the courthouse is in Kingston. We had a good laugh out of that one.

2 photos of a fall Flowering shrub

The 1st and 2nd photograph are the same just turned. The top photograph is the way I took it, but was not sure which way I liked it.

The 3rd and 4th photographs are actually the same also, just turned differently.

The horizontal of both photographs are the way I actually took them, but wasn't sure which way I liked each of them, so thought I would take input from my visitors. I only took 2 photographs. I took this outside my daughters office window right after I took her picture, which I posted this past Friday afternoon.