McLemore Cove in the Mist

McLemore Cove. Mist in the valley below Pigeon Mountain.

We lived in McLemore Cove for 33 years and were surrounded by a varied palate of beauty every day. With Lookout Mountain on our west and Pigeon Mountain on the east, we had a ringside seat for an ongoing performance of land, sky, and weather.

This is the driveway to the home of our neighbor, George David Queener. You can see a bit of his house at the far right side of the photograph. George and his wife Mary Ellen owned the GDQ Ranch, with about 850 acres and 350 head of purebred cattle. They sold us our land, just a tiny slice off their empire, and were good neighbors. George was known as a man of hot temper, but we seemed to stay in his good graces.

The Cove is thinly populated, with many large farms. Sometimes it could be a bit lonely, especially for Louise, but she joined other Cove women for a weekly Bible study at the Community Center and made many friends there. The Cove people were always sweet-natured, neighborly and helpful. 

We're gone from the Cove now, and happy where we are. But we miss the Cove and our friends there and will always have fond memories of the life we built in McLemore Cove. 

(I don't remember the camera I used for this photo, nor exactly when I made it. Probably the late '90s. But it was on film, which was certainly Fujichrome, and the camera was most probably a Canon EOS A2.)

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