I love to roam around my “backyard” with its wonderful long-range views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Summer still hangs on but there are little clues to the coming of Autumn.
Shades of Summer
Fields of Goldenrod
Posts Tagged ‘country photos’
A Virginia Season
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Mountains, nature, Random Impressions, Seasons, The Land, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, country photos, Goldenrod, mountains, photography, Remnants, Signs of Fall, Summer Fading, Views, Virginia on September 23, 2018| 26 Comments »
VirginiaView from the Pines
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Beauty, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, February Perspectives, Mountains, Photography, The Land, Trees, View Points, tagged A Virginia View, Blue Ridge Mountains, country photos, February Fotos, mountains, photography, rural life, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia on February 12, 2018| 1 Comment »
A Time for Change
Posted in Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Look at This!, Random Impressions, The Land, Virginia Views, tagged Autumn, change, country photos, Fall, fall colors, Red Maple, Seasons, trees, Virginia on November 7, 2017| 20 Comments »
I don’t usually like sudden change.
But some changes are forever amazing.
Overnight a giant Red Maple that has never been red,
turned a brilliant shimmering gold.
Why, it was green yesterday. I know it was green.
But there she is quietly shouting,
“Look at me!
Am I not a brilliant gold?
Just look at me!”
Virginia’s Songs of Summer
Posted in Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, nature, Photography, The Land, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged country photos, landscape photography, photography, poetry, Seasons, shadows, Songs, Summer Views, Virginia on July 1, 2017| 21 Comments »
There are secret tunes of wind through leaves
as shadows dance in dappled rhythm
to the lilting songs of another Virginia summer.
Virginia Land Mass
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Barns, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Photography, The Land, Travel in Virginia, tagged Barns, country photos, country views, farms, fencelines, Fields, Landscapes, photography, rural Virginia, Virginia on June 8, 2017| 14 Comments »
Daybreak in Virginia
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Mountains, Photography, Random Impressions, Sky Lights, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged country photos, country views, daybreak, kitchen window views, Morning, morning glory, mountains, Sunrise, the landscape, Virginia Sky, Virginia view points on April 7, 2017| 22 Comments »
I never tire of the view from our kitchen window here in rural Virginia.
This dawn foretold an oncoming rain storm
and a rainbow that was another missed photo-op.
First There Was One
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Camera-Walking, Country Adventures, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Critters, nature, Photography, Uncategorized, Virginia Views, tagged country living, country photos, Country thoughts, Deer, Doe and Fawn, photography, the land, Virginia White Tailed Deer on September 21, 2016| 23 Comments »
Rusty Charm
Posted in Abandoned, Awesome Fotos, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Fences, Friday's Fences, Photography, Random Impressions, The Land, Uncategorized, Virginia, tagged Abandoned, country living, country photos, fencelines, photography, Random Impressions, rural Virginia, rustic charm, rusty gate, the land, Virginia, Virginia views on July 23, 2016| 6 Comments »
Volunteer Collusion
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Critters, Gardening, Home and Hearth, Humor, Photography, Random Impressions, Uncategorized, View Points, Visitors, tagged Blooms, country photos, Country thoughts, humor, photography, Plants, potted plants, rural Virginia, spiders, Summer, sunflowers, Virginia View, visitors, volunteers on July 11, 2016| 20 Comments »
Walter and Me
Posted in Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Country Thoughts, Critters, Fences, Random Impressions, Seasons, The Good Old Days, The Land, Uncategorized, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged country living, country photos, Groundhogs, rural Virginia, summertime, Sunbathing, Sunshine, Virginia landscape, Vitamin D on June 3, 2016| 29 Comments »
This looks like Walter but the image is from en.wikipedia.org
I wasn’t ready to believe it but the sun came out yesterday – all day.
And I found myself reclining on a deck chair with bared arms and legs in way of confirmation.
They say twenty minutes of exposed skin to sunshine helps your body create its own Vitamin D. Ahhh – warmth that seeps into your bones and Vitamin D too!
Yes, it’s here!
It is truly summer!
It must be summer because the sun is shining.
Even our resident groundhog (who I secretly call Walter) came out of his underground den.
I could not get a closeup shot but I saw him all stretched out on the warm concrete pool deck.
At first I thought Walter was dead and was making plans for a decent burial.
Can you see Walter?
Then Walter stretched! It was one of those big luxurious catlike stretches. Walter was lying flat on his back and his little legs came straight out and he looked soooo happy.
Then there are the summer shadows and shady places that take me back to childhood somersaults and playing in the grass. Those were the days when Mom urged us to get out of the house (unsupervised) and “Don’t come back until I call you for dinner!”
Childhood Memories Under the Maple Tree
I’m too creaky for backbends and cartwheels, roller skating and climbing trees.
But it’s summertime in Virginia now.
I think I will join Walter in another big sunny stretch.
Virginia Views 