I lived on top of the world - WOW!

What a View - The Blue Ridge Mountains, western North Carolina

Oh the places I've lived - so many places, so many stories.

In the way back of 1993 during my first professional gap years (a story for another time) I had the unique and extraordinary good fortune to work and live at an Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

For seven months, from May through the Thanksgiving holiday, I lived atop the mountains and experienced the most extraordinary views, well most days that is, we were occasionally socked in. Watching the clouds lift to reveal the endless mountains below - it takes your breath away!

Clouds starting to part over the Blue Ridge Mountains

I explored the Pisgah Forest nearly every day, watching summer come into bloom, hiking along mountain streams and waterfalls and experiencing autumnal awe as the leaves changed and reached their peak colors.

Hiking in the woods, you'll find moss covered rock with water in motion showcasing the magical play of shadow and light from the leaf canopy above.

Many of the photos taken in western North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Mountains are available as notecards and art prints on www.barbarasviews.com. Please visit the store to learn more and purchase cards or art prints for yourself or as a gift to someone you care about.

Graveyard Fields, Pisgah Forest, western North Carolina

The Blue Ridge Mountains revealed