Posted in Beauty, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Country Thoughts, Fences, Home, Home and Hearth, Look at This!, Memories, Photography, The Land, View Points, tagged Cooking with a View, country living, Future, Home, kitchen window, landscape photography, Shenandoah Valley, View Point, Virginia on November 12, 2021| 22 Comments »
I never tire of the sweeping view, especially whilst cooking and standing at the kitchen window.
How blessed we are to have found this place and recognized it as home.
Thirty-two years ago I would hum happily en route to this 20 acre plot where there was no home yet . It was a place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where we could imagine a future.
The land stayed unspoiled. The house Bill designed sustained us.
And “the future is now.”
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Mountains, Photography, Snow, The Land, Uncategorized, View Points, Virginia, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, country views, landscape photography, Mountain Views, Pictures, rural views, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Snow, views from the deck, Virginia View Point on January 26, 2019| 24 Comments »
I never tire of the views from this little house in rural Virginia.
And even now, after so many years and so many pictures, there are still moments when I feel compelled once again to try to capture the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Blue Ridge is sometimes shrouded in mist or covered in snow, or blue against the sky, or blanketed in fog, and always stunning.
The snow was clearing a few days ago here in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
And it was one of those days when I simply had to get one more picture.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blooming Zinnia, Blue Ridge Mountains, butterflies, Doe, landscape photography, Nature Photos, Three's a Charm, Virginia Viewpoints, walking, White Tailed Deer on July 25, 2018| 21 Comments »
BigFoot (now magically transformed into LittleFoot) went for a 300 step walk today. We know because we were wearing a pedometer in-pocket.
And how amazing it was to capture 3 great photos in 300 steps! But I suppose, not so remarkable since I live on the edge of a forest primeval.
I wonder because there atop a happily blooming Zinnia stood Miss Butterfly joined by a very happy friend (who was actively fluttering as near as he could get). Are they just pals saying, “Hi”, or is there more going on here?
I made a hasty exit in order to give them some privacy.
I am sure she was wondering about the 2-legged critter looking back into those big beautiful eyes. She allowed me time to retrieve camera and click before she turned and leisurely loped back into her wooded glen.
And although I have taken this shot many times before, each season it becomes more appealing. I always see it as a frame of tree limbs forming a natural vignette for a splendid view of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
I suppose my 300 step, 3 photo walk to exercise the healing BigFoot could be considered mundane. But, I think of it as a magical journey through a little corner of rural Virginia’s wild side.
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Look at This!, Seasons, Snow, The Land, Uncategorized, Virginia, tagged Good Morning Virginia, landscape photography, Snow, Snowfall, view points, Virginia views, Winter on March 22, 2018| 17 Comments »
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.
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Adventures, Country Fotos, Drive-By-Photography, History and Places, Look at This!, Mountains, Out of Town, Photography, The Land, Travel, Where to Go, tagged Arizona, Beauty, Cliff Walls, desert photos, landscape photography, mountains, photography, red rock canyons, Red Rock Mountains, Sedona, Time travel, Travel on March 30, 2015| 21 Comments »
We stayed in a lovely place about 20 minutes from the maddening crowds in Sedona, Arizona.
It was Spring Break and high season in Sedona, with heavy traffic. Great timing right? But, we managed a drive that yielded photos of a stark and rugged landscape. All photos were taken with my trusty little cell phone (named “Pal”). We lugged the big new fancy Nikon and could never get it put together right for a quick shot – and believe me, you had to be quick. These mountain shots were real fast drive-bys!
We made one stop at a Holy Cross wedged into the high rock face of a mountainside. Wow!
There is no describing the enormity of the red rock mountains and canyons of Sedona. I was dumbstruck by vividly painted blue skies punctuated by jagged crests and crags.
Sedona Surround
Sedona Rock Art
It was the beginning of a trip full of surprises.
Sheer Canyon Wall
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Beauty, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Critters, Look at This!, Mountains, Photography, Random Impressions, View Points, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, country photo, landscape, landscape photography, mountain view, photography, rural views, rural Virginia, tall grasses, Virginia, Wildlife view on January 14, 2015| 17 Comments »
I believe it is time to sit still.
The holidays are really over and we are already en route through 2015!
I will take the long view now to assess
where I am,
where I may be going,
and what needs to be done
to achieve goals.
I am sitting still though
in the Virginia countryside, and
the only wish I have is for peace and quiet.
And yes,
there is a quiet peace in gazing through the grasses.
I wonder if the wildlife sets goals here too.
Virginia Views 