by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 29, 2020 | Hiking, Nature
The days are turning to summer in the mountains, but the mornings are still cool and delightful up on the trails. It’s rhododendron season in Appalachian. Such a lush and lovely time of year! Small’s beardstongue growing along the trail. This might be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 15, 2020 | Family, Nature
Today I’m in WV spending the day with my nine-year-old niece. Which means my meanderings are a little more, well, meandering! But I still got some gorgeous photos to share!
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 8, 2020 | Hiking, Nature, Thistle
Dad’s favorite flower was Mountain Laurel. I’m pretty partial to it as well. Saturday’s hike took us high on the mountain through a laurel hell, which is pure heaven when it’s in bloom! Here are some highlights.
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 1, 2020 | Hiking, Nature, Thistle
It’s a rare weekend that we don’t take Thistle for a good, long meander through the mountains. So I thought I’d start sharing snippets of our walks with YOU come Monday. A good way to start the week, I think. This is what we call Fairy Tale Trail. If...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 14, 2020 | Appalachian, Nature
As if 2020 hasn’t been hard enough already. The east coast–specifically NC, WV, and VA (how did TN opt out?)–are due for the emergence of the 17-year cicada. Folks often call them locusts, but they’re really Magicicada periodical cicadas....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 11, 2020 | Appalachian, Nature
Over the weekend I draped my peonies in an old sheet to keep them from getting nipped by frost. The last frost date for our part of the mountains is May 15 but we’ve had such a lovely spring that lots of folks jumped the gun with their spring planting. Sure...
