georgia: There's Art in Them Thar Hills!--Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association - 03/13/08 04:16 PM
Towards the middle of Spring, the mountains of North Georgia are positively boisterous--awash in a riot of color and sound.  This is the Spring that gets all the attention, that garners all the accolades. 
Yet, for me, it is early Spring that I find most beautiful.  The daffodils--those early risers--are in bloom, but most of the other flowers and blooming trees are still asleep, still getting their beauty rest. 
It is now that the trees covering the mountain sides begin their journey from barren boughs to life-filled branches.  They begin to take on almost imperceptible hues of reds and greens. Each passing day brings an ever-so-slightly heightened intensity of … (4 comments)