My husband and I just returned from a week of camping in the Bent Creek area of the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville.

There was much to take in, and I will try to begin sharing through my paintings in the near future.

We hiked a little on the Mountain to Sea Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway, watched a sunset from the Parkway, saw some waterfalls, hiked up Mount Pisgah and Max Patch Mountain, hiked some on the Appalachian Trail – and took time out to paint a couple of plein air paintings and visited the NC Arboretum (including an art exhibit in their gallery).

Most of all we took in the beauty of God’s creation all along the way.

I’ve included a picture of me at work under the tent – it was sprinkling rain – just to show it wasn’t all play J