Alex and Buddy sitting on the back porch, taking in the view. Buddy died 2 weeks ago, having just reached her 11th birthday, and this was last time she visited the cabin. She had been a good friend to Alex during some difficult days. That's my thumb shining brightly in the lower right hand corner - I'm no Ansel Adams.
Below the porch is a half-deck with jacuzzi hot-tub; I thought this was a frivolous feature when I first saw the house. Hot tub time has now become a therapeutic ritual on the weekends after doing two very long 12-hour shifts at the ER. Picture was taken late in the day and beyond the hot tub is deep in shadow but those are the 60 foot hemlocks, oak and hickory trees seen from front of the house.
This is view looking down at the lower deck and just beyond the railing is a bend in the Cartecay River which is flowing from right to left,
Blackberry Falls are to the right behind stand of hemlocks. The slope to the river is covered with tall ferns, rhododendrons and mountain laurel which were in full bloom when I first moved in. From here, you will frequently see people in their colorful kayaks (no more green canoes - kayaks come in popsicle colors!) making their way downstream where the Cartecay meets the Coosawattee then the Coosa, eventually ending up in the Gulf of Mexico.
Below the porch is a half-deck with jacuzzi hot-tub; I thought this was a frivolous feature when I first saw the house. Hot tub time has now become a therapeutic ritual on the weekends after doing two very long 12-hour shifts at the ER. Picture was taken late in the day and beyond the hot tub is deep in shadow but those are the 60 foot hemlocks, oak and hickory trees seen from front of the house.
This is view looking down at the lower deck and just beyond the railing is a bend in the Cartecay River which is flowing from right to left,
Blackberry Falls are to the right behind stand of hemlocks. The slope to the river is covered with tall ferns, rhododendrons and mountain laurel which were in full bloom when I first moved in. From here, you will frequently see people in their colorful kayaks (no more green canoes - kayaks come in popsicle colors!) making their way downstream where the Cartecay meets the Coosawattee then the Coosa, eventually ending up in the Gulf of Mexico.
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