This picture was taken along the Cherohala Skyway which stretches across parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. Bald River Falls is located within the Cherokee National Forest, and is a bit of a drive off from the skyway. We were coming from visiting the Fontana Dam area, where the movie “Nell” was filmed, and Robbinsville, the location of the town in the movie. We were crossing into Tennessee on our way to Cades Cove which is located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is one of our very favorite places to visit. The whole area is nice. 

I am going to forgo a photo tip to explain the glitch which occurred here last week. I loaded the below image to my site on Thursday, but when I checked it online, I saw a picture of frost on a window instead of what I had just uploaded. For a while it felt like I had entered the twilight zone, because each week's selection completely replaces the prior one. It took well over an hour to determine how this was even possible. As it turns out, the current company which hosts my website had just bought out the company which had previously hosted my site. The prior host had never deleted my files from their cache, so a second version of my site now existed in the same system. Each had its own IP address (similar to a personal email address), but somehow, if someone selected www.wsharing.com to visit, they also saw the frost photo because it was connecting to the old December 2000 version of my site rather than the current one. The problem was not fixed until four days later. If you visited earlier in the week, you did not get to see this image. Anyone who might wish to have a larger copy of this picture can simply email me requesting the file D555 M1054, and I will attach it to a reply. 

If your screen resolution is 800x600 pixels (as I use), you should be able to get a better view by pressing the F11 key on your keyboard. Pressing the F11 key a second time returns your screen to normal. 

This william's picture of the week page had been under consideration for a while when I finally decided to put it together. As I was working with my images, and one would strike my fancy, I often knew it could be a long time before the photo might make it into one of my website pages, if ever, and from those moments the idea for this page was born. One of my concerns, which delayed doing this page, was the need to update it regularly. Traveling out of town, or just getting busy with other demands, can become an issue which prevents me from having time for my website work. So, the term "of the week" is used loosely. I will endeavor to make it so, but at times, a picture could run for as many as three weeks. I have chosen Thursday as the usual day of the week photos will change because it is rarely a travel day for me. Your best bet would be to add this page to your favorites, so you can easily check. And please, share the link with your friends and family. For sheer lack of time, I do not place my photography anywhere else on the Internet. 

Each time a change is made, the new picture will be uploaded with the same "WOW" file name as the previous image. The net result is that the older one is replaced and gone (note: you will need to change the file names if you wish to save more than one). These two pages are the only spot in the entire wsharing site where I use image files that are this large (except the single 724 x 543 image on the last page). Normally I reduce dimensions and quality levels until pictures are around 50 KB or less, to allow pages to open quickly (including backgrounds where I often trade quality for dimensions). These larger photos will not be archived on this site (see the Scrapbook Photos index for pages with smaller versions of past images used). 

The pictures on this page will not always be my very best work. Like with everybody else, the mood of the moment will influence my choices, so explore the rest of the site. There is a lot here to see. You are free to use these photos for personal non-commercial purposes. Usually a size large enough for use as a desktop image, greeting card, or even basic prints, will be available. Get creative . . . use your imagination.  Enjoy! 

To copy the above photo just right click on the image and select the "save picture as" option. If the original was large enough, there is also a 1600 x 1200 pixel version accessible using the link below. If you have a need for the original size (if larger) you must email me and request it. If you display my work elsewhere please be sure to acknowledge it as "courtesy of www.wsharing.com."  click here for details