Interesting wildlife appears when the weather starts to turn. Above is a wooly worm on his way from point A to B. There is some theory about the relationship between the bands of color and the severity of the winter to come. Below, is a somewhat blurry photo of a bear that ambled down my drive way and up onto the porch one rainy Saturday afternoon. I was very excited. Abner slept through the whole visit.

Below is a photo from the Big White Dog afternoon hike a couple weeks ago. The humans are Matt Vande, Bruce Daniel, Amy Musser, and Nora Daniel. The white blur are Cara, Madeline, Bear and of course, Abner. I was the one taking the picture.

Faye and Jay Stone visited in early October. This shot of them with Abner was at the top of the Craggy Gardens overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. At an elevation of slightly above 6,000 feet, it was starting to get a little nippy but was beautiful nonetheless.