FROM THE BOARD...AND AN EVENT!

 I've been asked by the board to post information concerning the upcoming annual meeting of our HOA in August.  At least two board members will be resigning, so if anyone is interested in helping out with the board, let them know.  The link to the board members and how to contact them is listed HERE, so feel free to ask away as to what's entailed with being on the board.

No doubt Jeff and Keith carry the board weight of dealing with road work, paving, repairing, etc.  But there are positions like treasurer, secretary, etc. that also help our HOA tick.  As long as we can staff within our own HOA, we can avoid having to do what so many HOAs around here now do, which is to hire outside organizations to run the HOA.  That might sound convenient, but our VERY modest annual dues would surely soar (double to triple) if we had to go that route...and for multiple lot owners, that would be a significant hit in the wallet. Our HOA fees are some of the lowest in the region...let's help keep it that way.

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Every first Friday from May through December, downtown Waynesville has an "Art After Dark" gallery stroll.  Well, July's is this evening, and specifically at the Haywood County Arts Council store front (86 N. Main Street), they're holding a reception for their new exhibit "Water" which is up through the end of the month.  I took several of my photographs to go on display, but I have no idea what is actually hung...but I'll be there at the reception which runs from 5p-8:30p this evening.  I can only HOPE they hung one of my faves, a bull elk lying down in heavy frost in Cataloochee Valley (hey, frost is simply frozen water!):

Too, in walking my pups in the grassy area beside Ingles off of Russ Avenue one morning, there was a dandelion pappus worthy of a cell phone shot with dew drops all over it.  I converted it to black and white and zoomed in...all taken with my Samsung cell phone:

So, that's all the news from Lake Wobegon for now.  Cheers.

Bob

AN OUTDOOR IDEA....AND STORMS

 I had been planning on posting about an outdoor idea you may not know about, that I just discovered...but I'd better address the storm we had and the ones coming in tonight.

This afternoon's storm was one of the quickest developing storms I've seen in a while...and right over our heads.  I'm surprised we didn't lose power, given the copious lightning very close by.  We did enjoy a rather protracted hail storm with pea-sized hail (0.25-inch, some pieces close to 1/2"), but thankfully we didn't hit warning criteria (1").

We're not done yet...another round of storms and potential hail and damaging winds moves in tonight, moving almost due east out of TN.  Unlike our isolated Haywood storm cell this afternoon, this could arrive as a more widespread line when it passes through.  Just FYI.

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With a big holiday period upon us, some may be looking for something different to do outdoors.  I am prone to being a hermit and not keep up with news items in our area, but today we ventured to a new wonderful assortment of trails throughout the impressive campus of Haywood Community College (HCC).  "The Dahlia Ridge Trail" was unveiled just this past June and is full of well-cleared trails, allowing for hikes/walks as long or short as you'd like.  

Excellent signage ensures you will know how to get around, which trail you are on, as well as locator diamonds in case of an emergency which you can report if help is needed.  Too, for maybe younger family visiting, they have a challenging disc golf course all throughout the same area.  Where the Lake Junaluska path is wildly popular (for good reason!), you will often find the trails to yourself at HCC

HCC is a real feather in our county's hat, and has been for quite some time.  Weekday hours run from 6am til 11pm Monday-Friday, and 8a-8p Saturday-Sunday.  NOTE: Campus will be CLOSED Tuesday July 4.

To read more about it and see a detailed trail map, click HERE.

Happy 4th of July to all y'all!

Bob