P H O T O E S S AY ABOVE: A rainbow forms in the distance after a passing storm as mountain laurel and Catawba rhododendron bloom at an opening just below Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesville, North Carolina. PHOTO BY ROBERT STEPHENS LEFT: A hummingbird feeds on the sweet nectar of some east Tennessee phlox up Clarks Creek, near Jonesborough, Tennessee. PHOTO BY JON & GINA PHILLIPS OF J & G PHOTOS MAY/JUNE 2019 31