danandholly.com https://danandholly.com/ Dan and Holly Thompson's blog Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:09:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://danandholly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-burning-flower-150x150.png danandholly.com https://danandholly.com/ 32 32 75845898 They live with us in memory and will forever more https://danandholly.com/2026/06/they-live-with-us-in-memory-and-will-forever-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-live-with-us-in-memory-and-will-forever-more https://danandholly.com/2026/06/they-live-with-us-in-memory-and-will-forever-more/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:09:26 +0000 https://danandholly.com/?p=220949 Sometimes the best ideas are the ones you have when you get home.  Over the last couple of weeks I've written some about creative vision for my images - and this is definitely one of those images where I saw it in my head before I went and shot it.  I wasn't completely sure how...

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]]> https://danandholly.com/2026/06/they-live-with-us-in-memory-and-will-forever-more/feed/ 0 220949 Under the Stars at the Ogle Tub Mill https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-ogle-tub-mill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=under-the-stars-at-the-ogle-tub-mill https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-ogle-tub-mill/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 15:23:08 +0000 https://danandholly.com/?p=220942 Built in the 1880's, the Bud Ogle tub mill in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a short walk from Cherokee Orchard Rd, behind the Bud Ogle cabin) looks strikingly primitive when compared to the Reagan mill, built just 10 years later.  To be fair, the Reagan mill was recently restored, while the Ogle mill...

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]]> https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-ogle-tub-mill/feed/ 0 220942 Under the Stars at the Bales Cabin https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-bales-cabin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=under-the-stars-at-the-bales-cabin https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-bales-cabin/#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 15:37:45 +0000 https://danandholly.com/?p=220936 According to park documents, Ephraim Bales built this cabin in 1890, and he and his wife Minerva ("Nervy" - love that) raised their nine children here.  Can you imagine?  Eleven people in a two room house.  As a 6'2" person, I had to stoop to get through the doors, and I was never terribly confident...

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]]> https://danandholly.com/2026/05/under-the-stars-at-the-bales-cabin/feed/ 1 220936 At Night by the Middle Prong Fan https://danandholly.com/2026/05/at-night-by-the-middle-prong-fan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-night-by-the-middle-prong-fan https://danandholly.com/2026/05/at-night-by-the-middle-prong-fan/#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:23 +0000 https://danandholly.com/?p=220930 If you've been with me for a while here on Picture of the Week, you may remember this particular little cascade.  My circle of friends refer to it as the Middle Prong Fan, and I've photographed it numerous times... during the day, of course.  As part of this past winter's effort, however, I decided to...

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]]> https://danandholly.com/2026/05/at-night-by-the-middle-prong-fan/feed/ 0 220930 Alfred Reagan Tub Mill at Night https://danandholly.com/2026/05/alfred-reagan-tub-mill-at-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alfred-reagan-tub-mill-at-night https://danandholly.com/2026/05/alfred-reagan-tub-mill-at-night/#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 20:56:30 +0000 https://danandholly.com/?p=220914 Last week we had a look at the Alfred Reagan house, and this week we're not going far - just across the road to the old tub mill. It's believed that Alfred built this gristmill around 1900. Park research and restoration transcripts note that the structure is very similar to other tub mills in the...

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