The old rugged cross

An old rugged cross stands outside the Townsend, Tenn., amphitheater, former home of the Passion Play in the Smokies.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault (Nov. 4, 2008)

Tree in Townsend

Tree in Townsend, Tenn.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault (Oct. 26, 2010)

Pouncer

University of Memphis mascot Pouncer.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault

The splendor of fall in the Smokies

Fall scenes from a stream in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cades Cove.

Photos by Darrin M. Devault (Oct. 24, 2010)

Warren County Courthouse

Warren County Courthouse, McMinnville, Tenn.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault (Sept. 1, 2008)

Beale Street neon

Beale Street, Memphis, Tenn.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault (November 2008)

Play me some mountain music

Carl Ross, one half of the duo Tymes Past, performs on the porch of the Visitor Center near Cable Mill in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tymes Past presents Appalachian mountain and gospel style performances.

You can find Carl and his wife Betty today through Oct. 4 at Alewine Pottery in Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Oct. 8-10 at the Museum of Appalachia's Tennessee Fall Homecoming in Norris, Tenn.

Photo by Darrin M. Devault (Sept. 26, 2010)