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)

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)

Talking 'bout butterflies in Cades Cove

Instructor Wanda DeWaard shares her vast knowledge of butterflies with a group of Smoky Mountain Field School participants in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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