P H O T O E S S AY PAGE 42 RIGHT: Snowy Grandfather Mountain taken from MacRae Meadows Linville, North Carolina. PHOTO BY MIKE KOENIG CENTER PHOTOS: Farm dog Bella welcomed the freshly fallen snow. Frolicking in the fresh powder of winter, Cashay the horse finds joy prancing about the pasture. Both were taken on the Belly Acre Farm in Old Fort, North Carolina. PHOTOS BY DANA FOREMAN BOTTOM: A fire lookout built by the Virginia State Forest Service in 1942 stands on top of Groundhog Mountain near Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 189. PHOTO BY J. SCOTT GRAHAM PAGE 43 TOP: A wintry cascade along the Margarette Falls Trail, located near Greeneville, Tennessee. PHOTO BY ROBERT STEPHENS BOTTOM: The sun shines through the frozen foliage on an icy morning on Brasstown Bald, Georgia. PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN MURILLO 42 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM