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Oh, Christmas Tree!

My family drove up into the beautiful (little) mountains outside of Boone to pick out a Christmas tree for my mom and sisters. It was a chilly fresh morning with gorgeous light breaking out over the trees.

We loaded up into a wagon and rode up to the top to select our tree. It was bumpy and cold and way too much fun.















Binding up the tree so it would fit on the roof of the car :)

Tree hugger!


Since fall crept into the mountains…


My family drove up to Linville Gorge Wilderness to breath in the beauty of Fall. We could not have timed it more perfectly on purpose bursting onto the scene as the leaves were at the peak of their spectacular beauty. We climbed up the Hawksbill trail and broke out of the trees onto a sea, rippling and flowing with vibrant reds, yellows, oranges and so forth. If you stood on the top and did a complete 360, you would lose your breath at the magnitude of color lying beneath you. (PS. John did a 360 panorama from the top, let’s see if we can get him to do a blogpost. :) )
Of all the many, many things I miss about the Rocky Mountains, there’s nothing quite like an Appalachian Fall…












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Detweiler Family Portraits









Autumn is a second spring..

… when every leaf is a flower. -Albert Camus





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Take me to the beach…









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NY Trip {part two} lakeside..








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Pictures from NY trip! {part one}









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Roan Mountain Camping Trip!














Roan Mountain Camping Trip (iPhone pictures)










BEACH! Part 2


Part 2 of the beach trip was a little delayed, I’m sorry. :) I had a few (pleasant) unexpected things come up and didn’t have time to get these photos up on the blog to you as soon as I had wanted to! But here they finally are.

There’s something about sunrise that has a touch of magic in it. The color, the light, slowing appearing out of no where and chasing away the darkness.. creating a masterpiece over the water..



It makes your soul burst.. it makes you dance. It makes you worship the Painter.



Of course we had to get a TOMS picture in.. For every pair of TOMS shoes you buy, they give a brand new pair to a child in need.

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