Spring is here up on the mountain. The Trillium, Bloodroot, Violets, Dogwood and Carolina Silverbells are all blooming. The early warm temperatures seems to be great for the plants. Here are a few pictures of the Trillium and the Silverbells.
Trillium on Glassy Mountain
Carolina Silverbell
Fire Pink
Fall colors are just starting to arrive up here on Glassy Mountain. Here are a few pictures to show how things looked this morning.
Fall Colors Glassy Mountain 2011
Little Mountain in the early morning light
Just a shadow of His glory
Our cat (his name is Clawed) recently began leaving small squirrel tails for us. We thought they were baby squirrels even though the coloring was different. Squirrel number 5 was left intact and my daughter discovered it was a flying squirrel! I’m not sure why Clawed left this one untouched, and I am even more curious how he caught so many flying squirrels. Apparently they are common in the area but are nocturnal so you don’t see them during the day much. They can glide three feet for every foot of altitude they lose and reportedly can glide from 50-300 feet.
Here is a picture showing the “wings” spread out:
A flying squirrel that our cat hunted down.