Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Decking the halls, hanging wreaths on the walls, trimming the tree, wrapping gifts with glee.

Yes, I've been busy doing all of these things and neglecting my photography friends and family. I do have a confession to make. I've also been working hard on my new Facebook photography business page and have even scheduled a workshop that I'll be leading in early January. I'm very excited about that, because this particular workshop is going to be so much fun. So if you haven't liked me on CAROL MATTINGLY PHOTOGRAPHY on Facebook stop by and do so. Honestly, I'm posting lots of different images there in an effort to show folks some of my current and some of my much much earlier images.

In the meantime, here's a collage I put together of some of the various images I captured in various areas of the Smokies while on a visit in May of this year. The one image with all of the folks in it is Clingman's Dome, and the large beautiful tree sitting in a the field is Cade's Cove along the motor route and right off the road. Most of the other images were taken along the road on the drive up to Clingman's Dome or along the hike up to the Dome. More importantly, if you are one of the unfortunate people to be in the path of this severe winter storm crisscrossing America, I beg of you to drive slow and stay safe. Right now there's a solid sheet of ice covering everything out my patio door. ENJOY!