Blue Violet

Greenbrier Great Smoky Mountains

Purple Phacelia

Along Little River Gorge Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Bloodroot (Vertical)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cross Vine

Little River Road Great Smoky Mountains

Showy Orchis

Roaring Fork Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Holly Berries

A holly berry bush stands out as the sun begins to rise in the forest. Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Just One

The sun shines through a tiny hole in the one remaining sycamore leaf clinging tightly, nearing the end of the fall season. Great Smoky Mountains

Magnified Memories

"Don't grieve for what once was, but be thankful for the magnified memories." Matt & Delia

Nectarous Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary on Thistle Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Queen Anne's Crown

A macro image of a flowering Queen Anne's Lace Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Maple-leaf Viburnum

Ace Gap Trail Great Smoky Mountains National Park

White Snakeroot

Spruce Fir Nature Trail Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fruit Of The Forest

Red Elderberry Fruit Game birds, squirrels and other rodents, and several kinds of browsers also feed on the fruit or foliage of elderberry. Bears love to eat the elderberry fruits while deer and elk browse on the stems and foliage. The elderberries are important sources of summer food for many kinds of songbirds. Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Drip

Pink Lady's Slippers Great Smoky Mountains

Fritillary On Clematis

Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains

Common Whitetail Skimmer

Male Dragonfly Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains

Miami Mist

Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains

Blackberry Lilies

aka Leopard Flowers Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains

Ruby Meadowhawk Dragonfly

Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains

Wood Sorrel

Spruce Fir Nature Trail Great Smoky Mountains You can read more about this image in our Journal here: https://www.mdhillsphotography.com/Journal

Red Elderberry

Clingmans Dome Road Great Smoky Mountains

Wet Dog-hobble

Searching for wildflowers, the sun begins to rise shortly after rain on an early morning hike. Great Smoky Mountains