Pure
How quickly we forget the way the world transforms after a fresh snow. This is a photo from my archives. How strange and pure a Virginia wintry scene is from an air-conditioned room at the beginning of a long hot summer.
Archive for the ‘Weekly Photo Challenge’ Category
Forgotten Winter Snow
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Seasons, Snow, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged country life, country photo, forgotten winter, nature, photography, Pure, Seasons, Snow, Virginia views, Weekly Photo Challenge on June 14, 2016| 25 Comments »
Maple Shaded Glory
Posted in About Blogging, Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Photography, Random Impressions, Trees, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged America, Camera Walking, Connected, country photo, Flag, home and hearth, Maple Tree, Outdoor decor, Shade, trees, Virginia View, Weekly Photo Challenge on September 19, 2015| 15 Comments »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Connected
This week, show us how two (or more) things – people, objects, places – come together.
Fence Corsage
Posted in Beauty, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Fences, Photography, Random Impressions, Seasons, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged Beauty, Country thoughts, country views, fence decor, fencelines, Fences, flowers, Lexington VA, Photo Challenge, photography, Photos, Seasons, Small Town America, Wordpress Daily Post on August 30, 2015| 13 Comments »
WordPress Daily Post Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
This week, photograph a stationary subject from three different angles.
I love this charming old fence dressed for a special occasion, calling out for admiration, “Look at me. I’m not through yet!”
It Was a Very Good Day
Posted in Blogging Inspiration, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Family, Home and Hearth, Love, Memories, People, Photography, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged country living, Daily Post, faces, Family, Grandkids, Happy Days, love, photography, rural life, Shenandoah Valley, Tractors, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge on August 27, 2015| 18 Comments »
The Daily Post Photo Challenge
Today Was a Good Day
Show us what makes you happy. Share your ideal day, recount a memorable day in the past, or share your favorite things.
This photo was taken here in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It was at a time when our grandgirls were little and loved the joy of a ride on a tractor.
Shadows of the Past
Posted in Buildings, Camera-Walking, Country Challenges, Country Thoughts, Memories, Photography, Signs of the Times, The Good Old Days, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged Camera Walking, Civil War history, Jodi Foster, Lexington Virginia, movie making, Richsard Gere, shadows, Shenandoah Valley, Signs of the Times, Sommersby, Virginia, Weekly Photo Prompt on January 11, 2015| 13 Comments »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed
For this week’s Photo Challenge, find the shadows.
You can choose a literal interpretation and shoot an actual shadow, or you can play with the light and dark,
and create a moody scene, or capture your subject in a rich and interesting way.
Sign of the Times
This is a sign created by modern magic makers. It is from a 1993 movie called Sommersby, a post Civil War saga starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster.
To create a few seconds of the film the streets of Lexington, Virginia were transformed.
My mother and I visited the site of the little film segment and marveled that our paved Main Streets had literally disappeared. Wooden sidewalks and ladies in long dresses paraded for bustling movie makers. Horses, wagons and bustling activity left us awed and wondering where to look next. We were in a time machine being transported in vivid virtual reality to the post-Civil War South
One freshly painted sign stood out.
Today, in shadow, that one sign for a hat shop still looms in the center of my downtown. Someone decided to keep it.
With reflection I can once again “see” the way it was and even feel a solemn memory of commerce resuming after a terrible civil war.
If you are visiting Lexington, Virginia, look for The Millinery de Rousselot.
It is no longer a hat shop, but the sign is still there casting shadows of the past.
In the Shadow of a Rainbow
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Beauty, Country Fotos, Photography, Poetry, Sky Lights, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged blogging inspiration, Country Fotos, photography, poetry, Rainbows, rural Virginia, Sky Lights, Weekly Photo Challenge, Yellow on December 20, 2014| 11 Comments »
The Daily Post – Weekly Photo Challenge
YELLOW
Away with the colors of Hannukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa.
Show us what “yellow” means to you.
See the yellow center of a rainbow
and its cast upon the land
shedding promises in a golden glow
painted by a master hand.
An End in Sight
Posted in Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Fences, Photography, The Land, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged Convergence, Country Fotos, Daily Post, Fences, photography, Photos, Roads, rural Virginia, Tracks, Weekly Photo Challenge on December 1, 2014| 13 Comments »
Daily Post
Photos are visual spaces where shapes and lines, objects and people come together.
This week, explore the ways lines and shapes can converge in interesting ways through photography. You can take the theme in a literal or an abstract direction, as you see fit – from a photo of a by-road merging into a busy highway to an image of an airport terminal where people from all over the world form hectic, ephemeral communities.
Descending Photo Challenge
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, History and Places, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged Descending, Descent, Falling, Old Mill Wheel, Old Virginia Mill, perspectives, photography, Raphine, rural Virginia, Shenandoah Vallley, Virginia, Water Wheel, Weekly Photo Challenge on November 2, 2014| 16 Comments »
Photo Challenge: Descent
This week, show us your interpretation of descent.
McCormick Farm
Mill Wheel Raphine, Virginia
A Return from the Road to Nowhere
Posted in Beaches, Beauty, Out of Town, Survival, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged Adventure, blogging inspiration, Exploring, Island beauty, photography, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge on September 6, 2014| 9 Comments »
The Daily Photo Challenge: Adventure
This week, share a photo that says “adventure.” Whether your own or someone else’s, literal or figurative, take us on a photographic adventure. It could be an image of someone setting off on an epic journey, a photo you took on an adventure of your own or something more metaphoric that represents a personal or psychological adventure. We’re excited to see where you’ll take us!
Looking for Texture
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Beauty, Camera-Walking, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged nature, perspectives, Photo, photography, Textures, Views, Weekly Photo Challenge, Zooming In on August 9, 2014| 25 Comments »
Daily Post: Weekly Photo Challenge
Texture
This week, share a texture found in an unexpected place. It could be made of natural materials or with man-made objects. This is a great opportunity to look at the world in a slightly different way — along with looking at things from new angles. Zooming very far out or very far in are both great ways to create texture and pattern in photos.
Yes, I was looking around for texture and zooming around, and this is what I found. Can you guess what it is?
‘Tis the shell of a Galapagos Tortoise! I took a picture of the giant creature at the Virginia Safari Park. Isn’t nature amazing?
Virginia Views 