Flower-Filler: Spring Pretties!

The season's heating-up towards what promises to be a Summer of swelter!

And bugs!

While contemplating this inevitable fact of life in Izard County, enjoy some of the great flower-shots and other cool photos we've gotten this Spring while out EXPLORING IZARD COUNTY!

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Video: Sylamore Splash!

While others bemoaned the extended rain event this past weekend, on Sunday afternoon, Rick and I took advantage of the situation to get some great video and photos of a couple of waterfalls in the Sylamore area.

Enjoy!

Nubbin Ridge (Now Sage)

Last weekend, my youngest and I got out and drove around Sage, once known as Nubbin Ridge. We've featured one church in the area on a couple of occasions at EIC, the Caney Springs Church. The David Bradshaw home was just down the road from Caney Springs and can be seen in the top photograph. By studying a map provided by De Emmett Bradshaw, son of David, in his autobiography and finding the splendid array of spring jonquils at the very spot noted on the map, my son and I were able to easily spot what must surely be the site of that homeplace. The assertion is supported by another plot of spring flowers blooming exactly where another homeplace now resides and the actual standing building of yet another, the Rush Place, which is pictured in the post below the photo of the old store building (help with name would be appreciated).

We also stopped at what we are told is the old Jennings Place near the Bethlehem Cemetery (house with fallen tree) and another old house along the lane between the Bradshaw Homeplace and the old highway to Sage.

We were told the old Church-building pictured was once the Church of Christ.

Newburg Schoolhouse (w/Accompaniment)

Misty-Morning Tour

Today the weather got the better of a planned excursion. We had planned to go to another cave off of Sylamore Road after being offered a tour by the landowner. The past two days we've had light rain along with a heavy, heavy mist which has dampened everything and turned the soil to gooey mush and slickened the mossy rocks. We were told, "You just about have to be a billy-goat" to get down to the cave which is located along a steep bluff.

To make a long story short, we didn't go because of the potential danger factor. However, we can say with confidence...if there are caves and other sights out there we haven't visited...there are more places to visit!

We decided to take a tour of the southwestern part of the county along the River Road and through Tanner Hollow to Lunenburg and finally back to Melbourne. The following shots and videos are some of what we saw along the way.



The old millstone was once used at Dodd Hole.

Knob And Waterfall in Late Spring

Pilot Knob is beautiful up close...as it is from any corner of the county. The waterfall is located just off Sylamore Road just a mile or so south along the highway from the third lookout. Our amazing wildflowers are blooming wildly this time of year.