Spring blossoms in Black Mountain

Looking east on  State St. in Black Mountain.

 

In downtown Black Mountain, I found another dogwood.

Outside my living room window are a couple of dogwood trees, barely visible on Friday April 4. It was in the 80s the day I took this photo.

Same view on Sunday, April 6, between rain. The  dogwoods show better on foggy days.

 A few days later, the temperature is forecast to be 31 at night. So all the little plants on the balcony and porch have been brought inside to have steady temperature and just a bit of sun and water (a friend has volunteered to come over once while I'm gone to visit my son and wife for about a week.)

Redbuds along the railroad tracks, which aren't being used since damage from the storms 6 months ago. I've read that trains are again rolling from TN to Asheville, but not from the center of the state to Asheville. Many tunnels and tracks were damaged with the infrastructure needing extensive repair through the Old Fort pass.

Today's quote:

When we stop worrying about unimportant matters, we can devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important.