Summer Oak Purple and a wonderful vantage point

and a wonderful vantage point made possible by a late summer drought drew me to this subject along the Middle Prong River in the Great Smoky Mountains

It's then fun to see how passersby interact with the moment

Nothing goes together quite like peanut butter and chocolate

just moments from I-81

Summer Oak Purple and a wonderful vantage pointOne of my favorite municipal parks in the heart of my hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee features amazing old oak trees (and some magnolias!). The grand scale of these trees really resonates with me. And as I rehabilitated a couple of misbehaving feet this year, I spent a fair amount of time walking this park and admiring these trees set against gorgeous summer skies like this.