Blue Ridge Gazette

Mirroring Early Fall

2009-09-22T19:44:00.000-04:00

A calm misty morning in very early autumn on the James River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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The City of Lynchburg

2009-09-21T21:13:00.001-04:00

The city of Lynchburg, Virginia shot from across the James River in Amherst County…

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Settled In

2009-09-19T19:39:00.001-04:00

The morning mist has settled in on the mountain lake…

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Mornings First Breath

2008-10-09T14:27:00.000-04:00

The morning takes its first breath and exhales it over the lake…

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The Wall

2007-11-17T10:59:00.000-05:00

I posted a photo last week taken from this same place, different angle, but this one reveals more of the stone wall that I like so much.

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Nearing Days End

2007-11-17T10:46:00.000-05:00

Late afternoon on Otter Lake as the winds calm…

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Autumn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia

2007-11-11T08:27:00.000-05:00

Autumn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…I did nothing to this image; it’s straight out of the camera. Blue Ridge forests are diverse with over 200 varieties of trees and fall colors are usually brilliant.

The forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains are among the oldest and most biologically diverse forests in the world. Sheathing some of the most ancient mountain ranges on earth, the forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains have served as the heart of evolution for many of North America’s plant and animal species. The geologic and climatic stability of the region over the past 65 million years has afforded sanctuary during extraordinary climate changes, permitting species to weather ice ages and then repopulate in the wake of receding glaciers. The forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains are currently home to more than 20,000 species of plants and animals.

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A Wonderful Afternoon

2007-11-10T08:10:00.000-05:00

Thank you all for the kindness you’ve all shown me through all of my ups and downs this year!!! Now, on with life and photography!

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Fall Drive

2007-11-10T08:06:00.000-05:00

Taking an afternoon drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway during autumn…

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Picnic in the Mist

2007-11-08T05:03:00.000-05:00

Let’s go for a misty afternoon picnic in the wood…

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Autumn Rains

2007-11-05T05:38:00.000-05:00

It was raining pretty well when I took this image from the Blue Ridge Parkway. The gap you see, thru the fog, on the far ridge is also the Parkway a few miles up the road.

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The Road Below

2007-11-05T05:35:00.000-05:00

A mountain back road runs beneath the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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Where Mystery Resides

2007-11-04T20:38:00.000-05:00

On a day like this there is mystery behind every tree and around every curve in the road.

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In the Long Run

2007-11-04T09:53:00.000-05:00

A long strech of straight road, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, on a fall afternoon…

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Mist of Autumn

2007-11-03T08:36:00.000-04:00

A misty late afternoon in autumn on the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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Enter the Realm of Darkness and Light

2007-11-03T08:33:00.000-04:00

Dusk on a mountain back road in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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The Kiss I & II

2007-11-01T08:59:00.000-04:00

The Kiss

On a calm autumn evening when the wood kisses the lake…

The Kiss II

Same place and time as “The Kiss” only a wider view… On a calm autumn evening when the wood kisses the lake…

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In a Fog

2007-11-01T08:58:00.000-04:00

A misty evening on the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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An Autumn Dawn

2007-11-01T08:55:00.000-04:00

Sunrise on a back road in Amherst County, Virginia…the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Autumn’s Smile

2007-10-30T09:47:00.000-04:00

Last evening, while crossing the James River on my way home, autumn smiled at me and posed for this image…I smiled back at her!

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On Otter Creek

2007-10-28T05:31:00.000-04:00

Fall on Otter Creek has turned right pretty…this was on a rainy day but unfortunately we didn’t get enough rain to do much good.

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Stormy Autumn Day

2007-10-27T20:56:00.000-04:00

It was a rainy day on the Blue Ridge Parkway in our month of color.

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Autumn Surprise

2007-10-26T02:44:00.000-04:00

I really didn’t think we would have a very colorful fall this year but, all of a sudden, the colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway are as varied and brilliant as we could’ve ever hoped for!

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Misty October

2007-10-26T02:42:00.000-04:00

A rainy, misty autumn day, on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia...

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Closing In

2007-10-25T03:20:00.000-04:00

A glorous rainy day in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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Autumn Road Home

2007-10-25T03:16:00.000-04:00

Fall on a back road in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Misty Mountainside

2007-10-23T04:05:00.000-04:00

A rain storm moves thru the Blue Ridge Mountains as fog and mist move gracefully over the hollows and ridges.

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Reflections of Fall

2007-10-23T04:02:00.000-04:00

On Otter Lake…the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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When Nature Speaks

2007-10-22T01:15:00.000-04:00

Fall at its best on Otter Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Being in this place, on this day, meant far more than this image or words can say…it was spiritual!

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Beyond the Ridge

2007-10-21T08:25:00.000-04:00

October in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Don’t Wake Me Yet

2007-10-20T05:42:00.000-04:00

Let me dream…

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Autumn Drive

2007-10-19T04:34:00.000-04:00

On the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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Along the Parkway

2007-10-19T04:33:00.000-04:00

Taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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Wall of Fall

2007-10-19T04:31:00.000-04:00

Exploring

2007-10-19T04:28:00.000-04:00

A father and his kids enjoying, and exploring, Otter Creek on a beautiful fall day.

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Autumn’s Reflections

2007-10-18T02:48:00.001-04:00

Autumn colors reflect on a pool on Otter Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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The Little Things

2007-10-17T05:26:00.000-04:00

It’s the little things in nature that often bring us the most pleasure! What I loved about this is that the boulder, with a red maple growing on it, shifted at some time making the tree lean…the little offshoot in fall color is what’s special to me. I think it gives balance to an otherwise chaotic scene.

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The Clouds Above

2007-10-17T05:23:00.000-04:00

View from Petites Gap in the Jefferson National Forest…

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The Joy of Fall

2007-10-16T06:47:00.000-04:00

A bright and beautiful fall day on Otter Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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By the River James

2007-10-15T01:50:00.000-04:00

A late October afternoon by the James River in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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Wheel and Whiskey

2007-10-14T11:17:00.000-04:00

A Model T wheel leans against an aging whiskey barrel…

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Big Sky Morning

2007-10-14T08:15:00.000-04:00

On a back road in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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Morning

2007-10-13T11:07:00.000-04:00

On a foggy James River…

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The Day Awakes

2007-10-13T05:24:00.000-04:00

Meadow by the River

2007-10-12T08:08:00.000-04:00

A mountain meadow that rest by the James River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, on a beautiful October afternoon.

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A Mountain Eve

2007-10-12T00:43:00.000-04:00

A quiet evening on the Appalachian Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…in sepia.

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THE MYSTERIOUS "WOMEN'S TOWNE" OF NORTH CAROLINA

2007-10-11T09:48:00.000-04:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Blue Hull Press
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THE MYSTERIOUS "WOMEN'S TOWNE" OF NORTH CAROLINA

The earliest illustrations of North Carolina, painted by the artist
John White, are coming to America this October. White traveled with a
company of Englishmen who explored the region and left tantalizing
records of their discoveries. One of their most unusual finds, an
Indian "Women's Towne," was never illustrated or explained.

The expedition camped in America for a year, from 1585-86, under the
leadership of Ralph Lane. In his journal, Lane describes venturing up
the Roanoke River with a party of men, finding the Algonquian villages
deserted, and growing desperate for food. He then mentions an
Algonquian "women's town" near the water. He intends to plunder that
settlement's fish weirs:

"... seeing all the Countrey fled before us, and therefore while wee
had those two dayes victuall left, I thought it good for us to make
our returne homeward, and that it were necessary for us to get the
other side of the Sound of Weopomeiok in time, where wee might be
relieved upon the wears [weirs] of Chypanum, and the womens Towne,
although the people were fled."

Historians have not determined why Lane referred to this village as
"Women's Towne." According to Professor Michael Oberg, author of a new
book on the Roanoke Indians, "We do know that women could lead
Algonquian village communities. It may be as simple as Lane referring
to a village community governed by a weroansqua (female leader). But
my short answer would be that we just don't know."

White's map of the region shows two settlements at "Chypanum," in
Weapemeoc tribal territory on the north of Albemarle Bay, that are
divided by the fork of an inlet and connected by a hatchmarked path.
No other villages are shown linked in this way. Was one of these the
Women's Town, led by a Native American woman, or by women? It is
unclear. Explorers reported that a weroansqua governed the Croatoan
tribe on Croatoan Island (now Hatteras), but that village was never
described as a "women's town."

A year after White ventured as an illustrator, he would return to
America in a new role – as governor of the ill-fated "Lost Colony," a
gamble that cost him his daughter and granddaughter. Deborah Homsher
has written a novel, THE RISING SHORE – ROANOKE, about that 1587
expedition. White's daughter, Elenor Dare, is one of the narrators.

"The historical record will always has holes in it, especially when we
search for facts about women," said Homsher. "They left few documents
of their own, and the men who wrote reports didn't usually give us
much news about them. John White painted beautiful watercolors of a
few Algonquian women, but he never sketched his daughter, Elenor, or
his granddaughter, Virginia Dare. So they're hidden. But clearly
Algonquian and English women were involved in these first encounters,
and even if they seem like shadows to us, they had enough muscle to
shape American history."

John White's watercolors, on loan from the British Museum, will be on
display at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh from
October 20 through January, in the exhibit, "Mysteries of the Lost
Colony. A New World: England's First View of America." This is the
first time these fragile paintings have been exhibited outside England
in forty years. For information, see http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/.

For information on Elizabethan pioneers, with links to their original
reports, see www.risingshoreroaonke.com.

--
www.risingshoreroanoke.com

Meadows in Fall

2007-10-11T08:49:00.000-04:00

A meadow alongside the James River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, displays the colors of autumn on a misty morning.

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Seeing America Her Way

2007-10-10T08:37:00.000-04:00

I love the Blue Ridge Parkway for so many reasons. One is that you get to meet so many interesting people, and recently, I met the most interesting, and fascinating person to date; meet Sandy Miller.

Sandy lives in Washington State just north of Seattle. I saw her bike first-photo op-and thought it was military surplus at first, and then here come Sandy exiting a trail near the overlook where she was parked.

Right from the first word we spoke it was like talking with an old friend. Is that your bike I asked…”Yep!” and then she proceeded to tell me about it.

She told me she designed it herself and had a mechanic she knew build it for her. It has a modern Volkswagen engine in it, four forward gears and reverse, and a Harley front-end. She did the leather work herself. She said when it was finished she took it for a test drive-she had been a passenger on a bike but had never driven one herself. She said, “I took it out on the road and pushed it to 115 mph,” after which time she said she figured that both she and the bike were ready to start her journey.

Her journey…to see America; She told me, “I’m fifty-nine and I’ve never seen America…I thought it was time to do it before it’s too late.”

Sandy left Washington in April, 2007 and headed south to see the Redwoods; where she said it rained the whole time. In Arizona, while sitting at a stoplight, a woman talking on a cell phone hit her left rear finder and broke the bikes axel. She was having it repaired when she looked out the window and it was snowing; that night it went down to 19 degrees. She told me things got better after that.

Taking the back roads as much as she could to see the “best of America,” she said some kind folks in West Virginia had told her about the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. So she decided to take the Parkway to Tennessee.

I asked her how much longer she planned to be on the road and she said she had told her daughter that she would be home by Thanksgiving, “But, that all depends on how many times I stop…there’s so much to see!”

Now, you have to be tough to make a journey like Sandy is on; especially at fifty-nine years of age. However, Sandy is no stranger to “tough.” She told me she started her working life as a commercial fisherman and then became the third woman to enter the Pile Drivers Union in Oregon. She divorced at thirty-five and raised her own children while doing this kind of work.

When I asked her what she was going to do after this trip she said, “Visit my daughter and grandchildren and rest, but…this is my first trip. She said with a wink.

When she gets home she will be putting together a book about her adventure-she already has a publisher. She said, “Just look for my bike to be on the cover.” You can believe, I will be looking for that book!

Stone Lounger…

2007-10-09T08:24:00.000-04:00

…at the top of my world in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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Country Store

2007-10-08T09:20:00.000-04:00

On a back road in Bedford County Virginia…the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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The Morning Calm

2007-10-07T09:01:00.000-04:00

A cabin sits among the autumn trees, as the morning sun burns of the fog, and the smooth surface of the river reflects the shore…

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Outcrop

2007-10-07T08:58:00.000-04:00

Late afternoon at the Arnold Valley overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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October in the Blue Ridge Mountains

2007-10-06T15:23:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was a beautiful, early fall, day in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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An October Sunrise

2007-10-06T08:36:00.000-04:00

Sunrise this morning, on a back road in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, as fog rises from the hollows.

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Autumn Mist

2007-10-05T08:08:00.000-04:00

A misty morning on the James River in October…the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Rippled Waters

2007-10-04T08:16:00.000-04:00

A lovely October afternoon, on the James River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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A Misty River Mood

2007-10-02T08:55:00.000-04:00

The James River, on a misty morning, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Joint

2007-10-01T08:57:00.000-04:00

Old wood joint on a National Forest Sign…in sepia.

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Autumn Beauty

2007-10-01T08:55:00.000-04:00

The Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) can easily reach a height and spread of 30 to 50 feet or more. The leaves are reddish as they emerge then become green. In autumn, Virginia Creeper is one of the first plants to change color. The fall color is bright red. This one is climbing on a very large white pine.

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A River Morn

2007-09-30T05:53:00.000-04:00

Early morning by the James River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Watching Geese

2007-09-29T08:58:00.000-04:00

I pulled up to Otter Lake, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, early yesterday morning and found this pair enthralled with the frisky activity of a flock of Canada Geese on the lake…

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Mountain Dawn

2007-09-28T07:22:00.000-04:00

The morning awakens in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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In Autumn Fog

2007-09-28T07:19:00.000-04:00

The mighty James River as the fog burns off the water and begins to rise from the valleys and hollows of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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View from a Balcony

2007-09-27T10:23:00.000-04:00

This view is from a balcony on a cliff at Thunder Ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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The RC Country Store

2007-09-26T13:52:00.000-04:00

A couple of Royal Crown Cola signs remain on an old country store (no longer in operation) on a back road in Rockbridge County, Virginia; in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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Paint Me a Picture of Autumn Anew

2007-09-26T10:11:00.000-04:00

Morning on the James River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, on this first day of fall 2007…

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The Morning Calls

2007-09-25T09:01:00.000-04:00

Morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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Whisper

2007-09-24T09:41:00.000-04:00

A tranquil scene on a spectacular morning on Otter Lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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With Fall Approaching

2007-09-23T14:41:00.000-04:00

An early morning on the James River in mid-September…

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Prelude to Autumn

2007-09-23T13:40:00.000-04:00

Canada Geese enjoying the morning on Otter Lake, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as the sun burns of fog after a cool September night.

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Blue Ridge Photo Safaris

2007-09-22T08:16:00.000-04:00

Heading to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia?

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Sun and Fog in the Treetops

On a foggy morning as the sun tops the trees…

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8:25am

2007-09-21T18:06:00.000-04:00

Sunrise, as fog burns off of Otter Lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

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Rainy Day Stream

2007-09-21T18:05:00.000-04:00

A mountain stream, as a light rain falls, on a warm September day in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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American History

2007-09-20T08:59:00.000-04:00

A 19th century log cabin, with a horseshoe above the door for luck, seen on a back road in Bedford County Virginia…

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Blue Monday

2007-09-20T08:57:00.000-04:00

Taken on a foggy morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway...

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Winter Last

2007-09-19T10:12:00.000-04:00

Canada Geese swimming on Otter Lake, in February 2007, on a foggy winter morn…

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The Trail Above

2007-09-18T05:41:00.000-04:00

Hiking the Otter Creek Trail…in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

An image from my Fantasy Forest Collection…

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Stormy Mountain Weather

2007-09-17T07:23:00.000-04:00

It was a stormy day on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…And man, do we need the rain!

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Natural Passage

2007-09-15T08:54:00.000-04:00

A small mountain stream in the Blue Ridge…

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Rise and Shine

2007-09-15T08:53:00.000-04:00

On the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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A Day with Mother Nature

2007-09-15T08:51:00.000-04:00

On Otter Lake with Canada Geese…the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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O’ Gentle Morn

2007-09-12T17:51:00.000-04:00

Early morning on a mountain lake is often gentle and an excellent environment for self reflection…this was such a morn!

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A Day in the Park

2007-09-12T08:27:00.000-04:00

It’s 8:00am and the fog is burning off the lake on a late August day at the Peaks of Otter Lodge and Abbot Lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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Wind and Fog

2007-09-11T10:03:00.000-04:00

Early morning fog being stirred by an ascending wind…On the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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In the Country

2007-09-10T09:52:00.000-04:00

A laidback and peaceful day in the country…

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Crystal Pool

2007-09-09T07:11:00.000-04:00

On a creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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In the Forest Mist

2007-09-08T16:25:00.000-04:00

The fog was so thick that you could cut it with a knife but the sun was having a difficult time trying to penetrate…In the Jefferson National Forest, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia.

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Taste the Nectar

2007-09-08T07:12:00.000-04:00

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Trail to the Tunnel

2007-09-07T22:02:00.000-04:00

Follow the old fence on a trail that leads you through the tunnel under the Blue Ridge Parkway and into the mountains beyond…Taken at the Peaks of Otter…

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Meditation

2007-09-07T08:29:00.000-04:00

On a stream in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…

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Comes the Morning Sun

2007-09-06T21:42:00.000-04:00

A foggy morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway…

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For Love of Art

2007-09-06T08:04:00.000-04:00

My photographic art of wildflowers on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia...

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Blue Ridge Locke-Nest Monster

2007-09-05T21:26:00.000-04:00

He’s small but there he is just below the falls…Actually, a water snake cam up beside the rock and poked his head out of the water just as I was taking the shot.

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The Return of Solitude

2007-09-05T08:52:00.000-04:00

Stream at 3.5 sec. exposure…

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Streaking

2007-09-04T22:11:00.000-04:00

It was foggy this morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway, as it is nearly every morning this time of year, and the sun was beaming bright.

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Blinding Fog

2007-09-04T09:10:00.000-04:00

Blinding fog settled in on this early morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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Where the Heavens meet Earth

2007-09-03T21:57:00.000-04:00

Sunrise as seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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A Misty Morning Hike

2007-09-03T10:36:00.000-04:00

An early, misty morning hike, on the Appalachian Trail in the Jefferson National Forest; the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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Multiplicity

2007-09-03T07:04:00.000-04:00

On Abbot Lake at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…

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