Wildflowers, Nantahala National Forest Great Smoky Mountains It made quite an impression

It made quite an impression upon me

One stellar example of this is Charleston

But it's such a clarifying season

A Ticket to Ride

Wildflowers, Nantahala National Forest Great Smoky Mountains It made quite an impressionThe Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina is one of my favorite natural destinations in the southeast. It's a rugged, sparsely populated part of our nation, punctuated with beautiful natural waterways. I caught this moment during an outing to the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. I'm not usually one to paint flowers in my work, but the wildflowers really captivated me. I sort of felt like Dorothy among the poppies from the "Wizard of Oz."