All By Myself
by Lydia Holly
Title
All By Myself
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This tree stands apart from other plant life at the Laurel Knob overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. I am not sure what kind of tree it is, but was immediately fascinated with the limbs and posture of the tree. It may be a pine, and if someone has information about it I would certainly welcome it so that I can make this description more interesting!
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park,[3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through twenty-nine Virginia and North Carolina counties, mostly along the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and offers access to the Skyline Drive. While the two roads join together end-to-end, they are separate and distinct entities, built as two different projects and managed by two different National Park Service units. The Blue Ridge Parkway was built to connect Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Parkway, while not a "National Park," has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except one (1949).[4] Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service and, in many places, parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. The Parkway will be depicted on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015.[5]
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January 8th, 2015
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Comments (14)
Louise Hill
Wow, this is a unique tree!! Great capture! f/l
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Louise for stopping by and writing such an encouraging comment! Appreciate you choosing it as a favorite/like also!
Denise Clark
It was definitely moving just before you caught it Lydia...l/f
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Denise...yes, it does look like a walking creature at a certain angle...maybe I will post that photo at some point! thanks so much for choosing it as a favorite/like!
Debra Martz
Great capture of all the character of this tree! LF
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Debra for your encouraging comment and for choosing this piece as a favorite/like!