The Wednesday #Daylily du jour will be an overwhelming wealth of flowers today, with none individually called out. Our annual visit to Blue Ridge Daylilies here in the #Asheville area is a riot of color and such a treat.

This is one of 3 fields the grower has. And somehow he doesn't have deer issues, either!

#BloomScrolling Overwhelming!

Why, yes, #Asheville's bears go everywhere, including our biggest tourist attraction, the Biltmore House.

Charitable organizations here in #Asheville saw huge influxes of donations after hurricane #Helene in late 2024, and are doing good things with the extra cash.

We regularly support some of these orgs, but had not heard of Beloved AVL until @avlcharlie mentioned how quickly they swung into action, providing food for people in the first day after the storm. They're now on our regular list too.

From the Asheville Watchdog:

https://avlwatchdog.org/local-nonprofits-received-a-flood-of-donations-after-helene-how-are-they-spending-the-money/

Local nonprofits received a flood of donations after Helene. How are they spending the money?

In the nonprofit world, disaster-inspired surges in charity are called “episodic giving,” and Tropical Storm Helene was like no other episode in recent memory. In the aftermath of the September 2024 storm, contributions at least doubled at six local nonprofits with major roles in recovery and, at several of them, soared to many times previous […]

Asheville Watchdog

Ive been slackin on pics lately so heres one of my favs. Double Ds coffee bus, downtown #Asheville

#photography
#CoffeeBus

One of the ladies I work with is an artist and leaves drawings around and I thought fedi would like these 😊

#asheville
#LocalArtist

For my #Asheville guys, gals, and non-binary pals; Patriot Front has been seen putting up posters and tearing down pride flags in West Asheville. I just had a poke around the area and didn't see anything, so maybe they've already been called home by their mommy because dinner is ready.

https://old.reddit.com/r/asheville/comments/1ub9ek5/white_supremacist_group_on_haywood/

#AVL #Fascism

Taking the fam to see Robyn Hitchcock at The Grey Eagle tonight! Full band show with Emma Swift. Looks like a full career retrospective, really psyched to see him again. #music #Asheville
Another day, another #Asheville bear. The pups and I walked right by him on our morning walk.

Well, #Asheville folks, this is pretty good news. It starts tonight, and will be open tomorrow.

Those 2 east bound lanes on I26 will be open!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/two-new-lanes-opening-on-i-26-east-this-friday/ar-AA25pr6L

MSN

Sometimes, the worlds beauty and grandeur is more than we can humanly describe.

Too breathtaking. Too majestic. Too much.

All we can do is bask in its awe and remember.

#asheville
#sunset
#photography