I reconnected with many friends in the Hendersonville area via an action-packed whirlwind tour that included the North Carolina Arboretum . . . and bee-centered fundraisers and art installations . . . and howling with Carolina Dogs . . . and the magnificent grandeur of the Southern Highlands Preserve . . . and watching thousands of monarchs migrate to Mexico over the Blue Ridge Parkway . . . and actually hearing pipevine swallowtail caterpillars munching on overhead vines . . . and finding elk, peak fall foliage, pristine mountain streams and good times in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park . . . and eating my first paw paw at Milkweed Meadows Farm! Whew! Enjoy the photo collage!
