"Patty-cake"

"Patty-cake"

Judy Royal Glenn photography

I noticed a large ripple as I passed a creek in Cades Cove, Tennessee. I didn’t see anything at first but upon further inspection, I saw two spring cubs with their mom cooling off from the hot sun.

I couldn’t believe my eyes, and my hand was over my mouth in awe.

My usual prayer is for the Lord to show me or bring to me what he wants me to photograph. He blesses me all the time!

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"Lost"

"Lost" - June 24, 2025

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

This is a story of two lost bear cubs in Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky National Park.

 

One hot summer day in June, Ma Bear enjoyed a nice cold dip in the Cades Branch Stream. Meanwhile, her cubs were eating grubs found in the dread tree stump and chasing grasshoppers.

 

“Hey, where did Ma go?” one cub asked.

 

“I don't see her anymore.”

 

“She told us to stay near.”

 

“It's your fault for chasing that grasshopper.”

 

“You followed!”

 

“Look at this mess we got ourselves into.”

 

“Now, what are we supposed to do?”

 

“Let’s sniff for her scent.”

“No scent here.”

 

“There is a road down here. Maybe Ma went this way.”

 

“I am so thirsty, my tongue is hanging out.”

 

The bears searched for over forty minutes while running to and fro.

          

         Tired from searching, one cub said, “I need to sit down.” 

In the distance, a visitor saw Momma Bear bouncing through the tall thicket toward them.

 

         “There she is!” one cub said.

 

         “Where have y’all been?” Ma Bear said.

 

“We’ve been chasing grasshoppers.”

“Sorry, Ma. We promise to stay near you.”

 

“Let’s go,” Ma said.

 

Off to the woods they went—they finally took a long nap in The Tree.

The End.

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🤍🎊 “Heaven’s Confetti”🤍🎊

                     

 🤍🎊 “Heaven’s Confetti”🤍🎊

 Royal Glenn Photography

 

*A robin enjoys its view of the snow coming down in Cades Cove, Tennessee. -

 

When I photograph in Cades Cove during the early morning, especially when it's snowing, there isn’t enough light, so I slow my shutter speed to prevent my photos from being noisy. This technique creates a beautiful effect, resembling white confetti falling from Heaven.

 

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

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🐻🌿"Join the Fun!”🐻🌿

 

🐻🌿"Join the Fun!”🐻🌿

Judy Royal Glenn Photography 

*A black bear cub rides his mom’s back in Cades Cove, Tennessee. 

With all the talk about snow and cold weather, I thought everyone would like to look back on a photograph from a nice spring day on May 23, 2023.

I never know what is just around the corner to photograph, and that’s one of the reasons I love photography.

This day proved exciting as I found a black bear cub climbing on his mom‘s back, and his brother wanted to join him.

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

🦌❄️“On the Move”🦌❄️

“Looking Back to 2024” —  🦌❄️“On the Move”🦌❄️

Photo taken January 8, 2021

A buck is on the move during the rut in light snow. 

Each year, I stop to reflect on the past year. Many wonderful events took place, and there were bumps in the road.

April started with a bang as we saw Arkansas's total Solar eclipse of the sun. It was a road trip to remember, as we left early from South Carolina, lost our key at a pitstop, got a key re-keyed, and ended up in Arkansas about 1 o’clock in the morning. It was all worth it.

My daughter moved to Tennessee in May. She visited and saw that Tennessee is such a magical place, so she decided to move here.

In May, I had lithotripsy surgery to remove my kidney stones. Removing two stones was partially successful, but one is still hanging in there.

The Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference is always a highlight of the year as I continue to work on the book the Lord laid on my heart to write about my mom‘s death and other deaths.

Because of the antibiotics I was given for my surgery, I got colitis and C-diff and ended up in the emergency room. If you don’t know what C-diff is, look it up. It is not fun.

June rounded the corner, and I got Covid.

My sweet son got married in October. We plan to visit him and his sweet wife this spring.

We finally signed our construction loan! It’s been the longest four years of wanting to build our forever dream home.

I got the flu to end the year and start the new year. Thankfully, it was a milder case, probably due to my flu shot.

Here’s to a New Year!

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

🦌❄️"The Buck and BJ Stops Here.”🦌❄️

🦌❄️"Buck and BJ Stops Here.”🦌❄️

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

Thank you so much for all the kind comments about my mishap in Cades Cove. I pulled off hurriedly in BJ, my SUV, and my front tire went along the culvert and ended in a grassy embankment, putting my car in a predicament. 

Several people stopped to help and got myself and my car out without damage with a few tugs from The General’s wrench. I have a friend whose son hit a culvert, and it flipped his truck and killed him. So, a simple mishap can be deadly.

     One rescuer asked, “Have you photographed the book yet?”

     “No.” 

     “Well, you need to go photograph it. That's a good story.”

Thanks again for your sweet comments:)

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

🌧️💦"Rain or Shine"🌧️💦

🌧️💦“Rain or Shine”🌧️💦

 

*A momma bear stands upright to search for danger. -  5/8/23

 

I enjoyed watching this sow and her cubs trouncing through the blackberry bushes looking for food. A boar was bothering her, and she was vigilant to keep her cubs safe. 

 

She stood upright several times, this time for two minutes. Not long after, one of her cubs got a free piggyback ride.

 

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

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Winnie the Pooh

🧸💚“Winnie the Pooh”🧸💚

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

I had an amazing day in the cove this week and enjoyed watching five bears come in and out of the scene around a large walnut tree.

 

My day started by waiting on the bears. I was bored, so I got my phone and was curious to see if a text would go through via satellite. I held my phone up to the closest satellite, but the text failed to go through.

 

I noticed several people coming to where I was standing. 

One lady asked, “Did you see those bears run behind you in the back of the field?" 

 

“No, I was playing with my phone.”

 

The next thing I knew, a mom and her big spring cub came out on the top of the hill on the trail and began to feed the walnuts under the tree.

 

The bears put on quite a show and many people gathered to watch at one point the mother bear sent her cub up the tree to keep him safe from the other bears. I thought he looked like Winnie the Pooh.

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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park