Hi all,
This is a daughter thread, moved from the Digicams forum. First Sean gave me some counseling about my G2, for which I posted my hearty thanks to him.
And then he gave me further fine advice on good places to shoot pictures in Middle Tennessee.
So I begin with Sean's quote of my post that brought the shooting comments from him:
Quote:Originally Posted by Mary Bull
Yes, I know the area well, but post-TVA dams.
Lived in Decherd for a short while, with husband and very young firstborn, in a little housetrailer parked on a high hill of a farm.
Have many Bull in-laws currently in Winchester and Cowan. (BTW, Cowan has a great CSX train tunnel, heading up the steep grade to Sewanee Mountain.)
Unfortunately, I don't drive the Interstate. But if my in-town nephew, train buff and world traveler, can shake loose some weekend, I'll try to get him to take me to Machine Falls.
And we have some wonderful large parks where he takes us, also. There's Radnor Lake, a privately maintained park not 5 miles from me. And Percy Warner and Edwin Warner, and many more. And of course, Percy Priest Lake (courtesy of the TVA damming project, which drowned the farm of my Tennessee ancestors).
I've been to Knoxville to a teacher's conference, back when I was teaching h.s. english (sic) in Cleveland, Tennessee, halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Later, in Logan County, Kentucky, my husband was a serious beekeeper (6 hives) on our farm. Kept them for the honey and for pollination purposes. Know all about bee-keeping equipment. <grin>
ACK, also, roaches are good cat toys. hehehe
Enjoy!
Mary
This is a daughter thread, moved from the Digicams forum. First Sean gave me some counseling about my G2, for which I posted my hearty thanks to him.
And then he gave me further fine advice on good places to shoot pictures in Middle Tennessee.
So I begin with Sean's quote of my post that brought the shooting comments from him:
Quote:Originally Posted by Mary Bull
Quote:Originally posted by Sean DeMerchantHere on the southern edge of Nashville I am already practically in the countryside. And the weather's turned cooler. So a good day for a walk when daylight arrives, and even though we are six to eight weeks off fall color time, there is much beauty all around, and much of interest. I might even get lucky and catch one of those scampering squirrels which haunt my yard.
This comment is a minor masterpiece of pictorial writing Sean! Thanks a million.If you can handle some exertion, then I would suggest visiting Machine Falls in Short Springs State Natural Areaoutside Tullahoma which in summary could be written up as why I feel violated by (the verbose phrase for hate) the TVA as once upon a time before the TVA damns (intentional misspelling) TN was on par with Hawaii for spectacular lush georguous waterfalls. Just be cautions of thunderstorms with their associated flooding due to the clay soil and of the copperheads (venomous snakes). Next time I go there I intend to go in copperhead season with leather pants (have yet to buy them, but I would never wear chaps except in the bush), long sleaved shirt, and my lucky fishing hat (something I only wear in the woods and never fish in as I have always caught fish while wearing it [the one time I fished in it] <superstitious grin> and prefer to save the luck for when I want fresh fish for dinner).
Yes, I know the area well, but post-TVA dams.
Lived in Decherd for a short while, with husband and very young firstborn, in a little housetrailer parked on a high hill of a farm.
Have many Bull in-laws currently in Winchester and Cowan. (BTW, Cowan has a great CSX train tunnel, heading up the steep grade to Sewanee Mountain.)
Unfortunately, I don't drive the Interstate. But if my in-town nephew, train buff and world traveler, can shake loose some weekend, I'll try to get him to take me to Machine Falls.
Oh, I hope you get to carry out the dream soon. When you're ready to do it, post a PM to me here at OPF and I'll give you my telephone number. At least we could speak on the phone--if you happen to fly into Nashville rather than Chattanooga--or perhaps even get together for a bite to eat.I once upon a time lived in Tullahoma when I attended UTSI. One of my return visit goals is to shoot Machine Falls and the creek in through the natural area (plus hauling out some trash). I intend to schedule 3 days for the shoot to catch the right light. This locale is about 60 miles down I-24 and 10-15 miles away from the interstate from Nashville. I find the Short Springs Natural Area far more special than the Smokies which look like the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
I know. My nephew often drives his mother (my older sister) and me over these hills, just for the enjoyable views, right around the sunset hour, after we've been out to dinner together.But then, just getting off the interstate and heading 20-30 miles out of Nashville will yield spectacular pastorals in the right light.
And we have some wonderful large parks where he takes us, also. There's Radnor Lake, a privately maintained park not 5 miles from me. And Percy Warner and Edwin Warner, and many more. And of course, Percy Priest Lake (courtesy of the TVA damming project, which drowned the farm of my Tennessee ancestors).
<rolling on the floor laughing out loud>My other goal beyond visiting friends on that trip is to visit Knoxville and the UTK campus as I got my M.S. from UTK and have never been to Knoxville. Beyond that, I know a beekeeper (a friend too) who will hook me up with gear (spare suit) and let me get shots of of the males and queens in her apiaries which is another thing on primary my list of things to get shots of. And of course, there are the chigger bites/clogged pores and insect shots I expect to get. I am just unsure of how to get a shot of one of the 10 cm long roaches without killing them as I only saw two of those monsters in 2 years there (and one was the dead [or soon to be] toy of a cat).
I've been to Knoxville to a teacher's conference, back when I was teaching h.s. english (sic) in Cleveland, Tennessee, halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Later, in Logan County, Kentucky, my husband was a serious beekeeper (6 hives) on our farm. Kept them for the honey and for pollination purposes. Know all about bee-keeping equipment. <grin>
ACK, also, roaches are good cat toys. hehehe
Y'all could just as well say you-uns, that close to the East Tennessee Appalachian dialect. <rolling on floor laughing>enjoy your day y'all,
Sean <still grinning with warmth and knowing how to bloody well talk southern*>
Better believe it!* Tullahoma is pronounced /Tell-a-ho-ma
Note to non-southern (U.S.A.) speakers: Y'all be strickly a ploorl (i.e., plural) form.and the word "y'all" no longer sends nasty grammatical shivers up my spine as it did in my early 20s.
Enjoy!
Mary