While the peeps were away last week they saw some purrty flowers
Sunflowers standing proudly in West Jefferson
Butterfly bush in their friend's backyard and a buttie pillar too!!
Gorgeous mushrooms in their friend's yard
Elephant ears in a planter in West Jefferson
They visited
Pilot Mountain State park click on the link to read all about it.
The peeps have seen it from a distance for many years...this was their first visit
And as luck would have it the day they visited Park Rangers were having a....
and they were seeing all kinds of Hawks and other raptors
Mom loved all the shades of green she saw down in Yadkin Valley
Blooming peeps!!
Blooming Friends..Gary and Sally
Mom and Sally have been friends since they were 12 years old...
That was 55 years ago MOLMOLMOL
See that is why I call her TOGM
As you can see, it was a beautiful day at Pilot Mountain.....elevation was a tad over 2,241 feet
No blog post of mine is complete without a picture of the star
No blog post of mine is complete without a picture of the star
Those mountain areas remind me of our Blue Mountain.
ReplyDeleteA hawk watch would be fun.
Merle...........
Pretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place and the flowers are stunning. Great to see the Buttie Pillars as well, they haf been in very short supply over here this year, such a shame.
ReplyDeleteLoves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Hi Madi,
ReplyDeleteGail and I are very envious of your peeps' excursion to Pilot Mountain with their old friends - it looks a great place to go exploring and raptor spotting. Who knows, if my trip to Switzerland goes well, I might one day be allowed to venture even further afield....(Gail says "in your dreams Bertie"!)
Toodle pip!
Bertie.
How cool that your humans got to participate in the hawk watch! Pilot mountain looks like a gorgeous place. Thank you for sharing the photos. The head peep is putting it on her want-to-visit list.
ReplyDeleteWe would love to watch hawks! That is an amazing long time to know someone. Lady's grandmother never liked the term old friend, she preferred - a long standing friend!
ReplyDeleteWow, those are some mighty fine photos. What fun to visit Pilot Mountain. Such good views. That was fun seeing all that.
ReplyDeleteI love rocks, I love sunflowers, I love mushrooms and mountains. wow.. what a day you had.. I would have loved it to
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing scenery.
ReplyDeleteLove the pics! Great fun with great friends. I know you and Dad had a blast.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy weekend.
wow how wonderful that they could watch the hawks... it's a little like flying with them and enjoying freedom for a moments... what wonderful berds :O)
ReplyDeleteThose are some gorgeous flowers!
ReplyDeleteI love the mountains. Friends are the best. Your Mom and Dad packed a lot into that time away. That elephant ear planter is gorgeous! We have lots of "buttie pillars" at our butterfly bushes in late September, they must be cruising through!
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ReplyDeleteAs my pal Merle says, these scenes are very similar to those you would find in OZs Blue Mountains - except the rock there tends more to the reddish, yellowish hues. The scenery is outstanding - and bonus on the hawks! hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
WHEW....thank COD there was a photo of YOU!!! Beautiful pics (especially YOURS)
ReplyDeleteHugs, your guy Raz and The Florida Furkids
Gorgeous flowers, plants and park! Hope your peeps didn't get nose bleeds all of the way up there at 2,241 feet. BOL
ReplyDeleteYes, Madi you atre a star!
Nose taps and hugs,
Molly and Kathy
We came back to say that Mom ALWAYS stays till the very end of credits at movies....you can miss a lot of good stuff if you leave right away!!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, your guy Raz and The Florida Furkids
Wow! We loved seeing the beautiful flowers and the sights from Pilot Mountain!
ReplyDeleteWell, we're sure glad you remembered who is the star of the show!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers - and of course we love the sunflower bestest of all! Mom would have loved that raptor watch!
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
Beautiful place to visit - how cool to see the hawks and raptors. We get hawks flying around our place.
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
I saw sunflowers on my holiday as well. But every time it was Mara's sister's turn to drive and she didn't want to stop! She said we couldn't stop on the motorway! But they were as lovely as yours!
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What beautiful photos Madi! BUTT of course you are the star. It must be wonderful to have been friends for so long! Mom has a friend from almost that long but now they just click on Facebook at each other.
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Murphy & Stanley
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Very pretty flowers and plants! That is a gorgeous mountain, too! Thank you for sharing these photos!
ReplyDeleteThose are lovely views of and around the mountain.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. You shouldn't be telling your mom's age Madi, she feeds you :)
ReplyDeleteThat sure is some pretty scenery sweet Madi!!!
ReplyDeleteOur mom has a lavender Butterfly Bush at the top of her list! She loves that color! What a fun trip for the peeps☺
ReplyDeleteWow..pretty flowers, pretty mountains, pretty peeps and the star of the show...pretty Madi!!
ReplyDeleteSmileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Gorgeous pictures of the flowers and the view! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a great view from up so high. Sounds like your pawrents had a great time on their trip.
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