Saturday, December 13, 2025

Delectable Mountains

 


When the evening sun hits the snow-covered Blue Ridge Mountains, the words Delectable Mountains always swim into my head. 


There's a quilt block of that name, but the name originated in Pilgrim's Progress. I never read that classic, but I did read (many times) Little Women, in which the March sisters had a game of pretending to be pilgrims, traveling to the Delectable Mountains.  

I can see the appeal--I look at these mountains every day, but in their winter dress and just before sunset, they are magical. And delectable.


4 comments:

Barbara Rogers said...

They are certainly beautiful- delectable is even a better description! And they look bigger somehow!

Anvilcloud said...

I think that is a good name. I read Pilgrim’s Progress a very very long time ago and can’t say that it did anything for me.

Sandra Parshall said...

The Blue Ridge is the most beautiful part of the Appalachian mountain range.

Marcia said...

You have such a lovely view.