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May 2026

A bee clings to the center of a sunflower at Mill Springs Farm, located just up the road from historic downtown Jonesborough, Tennessee. From the photographer: “The farm grows a yearly crop of a variety of sunflowers. The bees love them!” Photo by Jay Huron

Among The Blooms: A Photo Essay

Our contributing photographers wandered the mountains in late spring and early summer to capture critters big and small frolicking, nibbling, and buzzing about.
Owner Jennifer Hughes is a constant and comforting presence at Elizabethton’s City Market.

Connecting a Community Through Chicken Salad and Chocolate Pie

City Market in East Tennessee has always stepped up to take care of its neighbors.
©Ginny Neil

Singing in the Garden: Now, I Know it All

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.” —Stephen Hawking
Grandson Eli with a bluegill he caught on a fly rod

Catch of the Day

A young boy’s day with Granddad was full of hands-on, outdoor fun—and a few surprises.
This is a landscape photograph of the night sky with the Milky Way over rural Bryson City during summer in the Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina.

Skywatch: May/June 2026

The two planets that, at times, dominate the early evening sky are slowly heading toward each other for a dramatic showdown in early June.
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