By all measures this has been an unusual fall leaf-peeping season.  The warm dry summer has affected the usually predictable progression of fall colors which normally starts in the high peaks and descends to the valleys.  Instead this year we … Continue reading →

Back in June I wrote about our unexpected visitors, a pair of Carolina chickadees who had made their nest and were raising a brood of noisy chicks in what we thought was an ornamental bird box.    We had named them … Continue reading →

After almost a year at the Andon-Reid Inn, Andrea and I are pretty well organized (well at least Andrea is) so we almost never have unexpected guests.  However, some months ago we remember seeing a couple driving up to the … Continue reading →

This is Andrea’s and my first spring at the Andon-Reid Inn, and what a lovely surprise.  It is extraordinary how beautiful and energizing the change has been from the muted and soft tints of the Smoky Mountains winter to the … Continue reading →