Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia

Some more photographs first in color original, then sepia and then black and white. These were also taken in the barn area of Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia.

Chicken Coop and other out structures at Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia

The first structure is the chicken coop.It is still being used. I posted a photograph of one of the roosters here.

These post I am doing today have me singing to myself "You shoulda seen it in color!"
Good thing nobody can hear me. No, I am not in the choir.

Out Structures at Settler's Museum of Southwest Virginia

More structures at the Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia. I was there in June 2008. Not sure what this first structure was used for. Probably just some type of storage.
First the orginal photos, then changed to Sepia and then black and white.

And onto one of the outhouses. Notice the birdhouse on the side. Guess you can be inside and enjoy the birds singing.

The Barn at Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia

I visited the Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia in June while Jimmy was working in Marion, Virginia. These are 2 different photographs of one of the barns at the museum. I have turned each photograph sepia and then black and white.
The only changes I ever make to any of my photographs are to change them to sepia or black and white. I do not use Photoshop.

Gregg Cable House at Cades Cove - wintertime

These photographs are of the Gregg Cable homeplace at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, taken last week.

I posted photos taken during the fall, you can view here.

Does not look quite as inviting as it did during the fall. Thoughts of living here, all isolated during a heavy snow does not sound good to me at all.

Barn at Tipton Place in Cades Cove

I always have to stop at this barn when I am in Cades Cove. When I was 18 years old and visiting Cades Cove for the first time I stepped up on a ladder in this barn. When I stepped down I stepped on a nail. Got a tetanus booster shot because of it. Several years later I also worked with a decendant of this family. I can never go to Cades Cove without thinking fondly of C.O. Tipton, we called him Tip. He has been retired for many years now, boy, the stories he could tell. He was a real story teller, he captured everybody's attention when he started with one of his great stories. Last time I heard, his health was failing, and I keep meaning to go see him. I called him on his birthday a couple of years ago, and he was shocked I knew it was his birthday.

I also had a real hard time waiting here for a shot without people, but it was worth it for me.

Cades Cove in Smoky Mountains

These 2 photographs make me think of the Wild, Wild West for some reason. It doesn't really look like the Smokies to me. But I do like the look.

This barn I keep trying to get right. The light is always so harsh by the time I get to this location in Cades Cove. I did you a filter, and it looks a little better, just wish could manage to get to this point in the cove earlier in the day.

Random structures in Cades Cove

The top photograph is the Dan Lawson Place from a distance. I don't think I have ever looked back at this site before. Not sure why I did now, maybe because I was taking some photos in the rearview mirror. I liked what I saw, so I probably will look back at this homeplace more often.

The 2nd and 3rd photos are structures at the Tipton Place area. I have another post of this area later this week.

The last photograph was taken while standing next to the Dan Lawson cabin. Just liked the view.

Cable Mill area in Cades Cove

The Cable Mill area is the largest home place in Cades Cove. The corn meal is here, which I showed with the Copperheads photos, and am not showing with this post.I have always liked this barn, it is real hard to capture a photograph of it without people. (This area is the most crowded on the loop road in Cades Cove due to the restroom facilities, and there is quite a bit here to see.)
They still demonstrate the Sorghum mill here in the fall, but I have never been there when they were using it.

Just another structure in the area.

These are the last of the Labor Day trip to Cades Cove. I think this is a record for me. I have gone through all the photos, they are posted and filed away for later. Now I need to start going back to June's St Pete trip (going again in October) and the July 4th Perry's Water Lilies trip. I just decided to tackle Cades Cove immediately. Hope everybody has enjoyed this trip through this wonderful cove, which is a very small portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Maybe it will inspire a trip in this direction. Remember the Smokeys (as us locals call it) is the only national park with no entrance fee, and it is the most visited park.