We hiked out to the Walker Sisters Place in Little Greenbrier on Dec.21. It was a beautiful blustery day, with snow dusted across the tops of nearby ridges.
The cabin construction began around 1850, and sections were added later as the family size increased. Five of the family's seven sisters lived together in this cabin until 1964, when the last sister passed away.
The barn is a small but very interesting structure with pieces of tools still hanging about.
The springhouse, located just next to the main house, was a handy place to keep their food cold year round.
A window in the main house. Form and function meet in the shutters - horseshoes make picturesque and sturdy hinges.
For more information about the Walker Sisters:
http://greatsmokies75th.com/timeline/timeline-detail/the-walker-sisters-the-1940-s/
http://www.smokiesstore.org/browse.cfm/4,651.html
This happy little tree looks pretty psyched about the snow.... I couldn't agree more!
I'm starting to feel all Valentine-y, with fair enough reason - our wedding anniversary is just before VDay! The mushy love has translated into my work and I've been inspired to make a handful of heart-y items for my Etsy shops lately.
Here's Bob (aka The Peeper) looking out our bathroom window. He's discovered he likes to have a little peek outside! But he has a very short attention span and his interest fades after a couple minutes.
Peeper was mezmerized! He watched them all go by, a couple hundred in total, then looked at me as if to say, "what the heck was that?!"
On November 25, we hiked up to Alum Cave Bluff in the Smokies. It isn't really a cave, it is actually a large rock overhang that towers over the trail. Alum, saltpeter, and other minerals were mined here before and during the Civil War. You can smell the sulfur in the air.
Check out these icicles, what they lack in size they make up for in quantity - they were everywhere. The section of trail just before the Bluff was very slick and pretty difficult to traverse. Too bad I couldn't get a photo of the cable handrail bolted to the rock face, it was completely coated with inches of ice and was hard to hang onto.
The trail near Inspiration Point. Amazing views here, well worth the hike, and unquestionably inspirational.
The cabin construction began around 1850, and sections were added later as the family size increased. Five of the family's seven sisters lived together in this cabin until 1964, when the last sister passed away.
The barn is a small but very interesting structure with pieces of tools still hanging about.
