
Posted in Blogging Inspiration, Country Fotos, Home, Home and Hearth, Memories, Mountains, Photography, Seasons, The Land, View Points, Virginia Views, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, country living, photography, rural Virginia, storm clouds, Summer, Summer view on October 21, 2021| 2 Comments »
Posted in Country Challenges, Country Thoughts, Entertainment, Humor, Random Impressions, Seasons, Virginia, tagged BigFoot, Brigadoon, Community Pool, Curly Hair, Sleeping Beauty, Stink Bugs, Summer, Warm Sheets on December 30, 2019| 29 Comments »
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Although we have had a few tooth-chattering days here in Camelot, it still somehow feels like summer. I have almost forgotten that Virginia has a temperate climate but still boasts the four seasons.
But here it comes January and I never finished retrieving winter clothes and never packed away bathing suit or shorts. First of all, it stayed warm enough for cooler garb than sweaters.
And for a true weather guage there is always my curly-er and frizzy-er hair which usually only happens during the muggy days of summer. I suppose winter frizz is due to a mountain version of seaside dampness. Who knew?
And those lazy hazy days are here again and I am sweating (not whistling) while I work.
This sleeping beauty is also doing a bit more tossing and turning on over heated body-warmed sheets.
This morning there was a summer-like drizzly rain with no coat necessary – just short sleeves for dog walking.
The stink bugs are happy and back in plague mode too, accompanied by a competitive lady bug infestation.
I am confused. Should I switch the heatpump to “cool”? Should we re-open the outdoor pool?
Feeling a chill where you are? Virginia may be just the place to go for the excitement of an off-season-summer.
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Country Thoughts, Look at This!, Mountains, nature, Photography, The Land, Trees, View Points, Virginia, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, Cloud cover, Landscape photos, mountain range, Rainbows, rural Virginia, Summer, Views, weather on August 2, 2018| 28 Comments »
This has been the strangest summer in Virginia. It has been cool, then verging on hot and dry, then overcast, and lots of rain more often than not. Such weird changes have marked summertime until on this day it feels like Fall and friends are airing their expectations for Christmas on FaceBook.
Well, yesterday the Blue Ridge Mountains were shrouded in mist. Then the sun magnified our ever-green surroundings, and Ahhhhh, just look at that fat happy rainbow too!
I am now calling the view from my kitchen window The Rainbow Ridge.
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Thoughts, Home and Hearth, Photography, The Land, Uncategorized, tagged A Virginia View, Blue Ridge Mountains, country life, mountains, My deck, photography, Summer on September 28, 2016| 10 Comments »
Posted in Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Fences, Friday's Fences, Photography, Seasons, Uncategorized, Virginia, tagged country photo, Country thoughts, fencelines, Green, long view, photography, rural Virginia, Seasons, Summer, Virginia View on September 24, 2016| 15 Comments »
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Sights, Country Thoughts, Critters, Mountains, nature, Photography, Random Impressions, Seasons, The Land, Uncategorized, Virginia Views, tagged butterflies, country life, country photo, Deer, hummingbirds, mountains, nature, photography, Shenandoah Valley, storms, Summer, the land, Virginia View on August 15, 2016| 7 Comments »
After foreboding clouds and thunder the air turned cool and dry and the sun lit up our mountain valley. I sat outside watching happy hummingbirds, butterflies, and the mother deer and her young ones.
We were all celebrating nature’s wondrous apology.
“Sorry ,” she said, “for the unrelenting heat wave and all the storms, humidity and heavy rains!
But here is a taste of autumn joy to come!”
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 »
Posted in Beauty, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Gardening, Memories, Photography, Poetry, Random Impressions, Seasons, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged A Virginia View, country photos, crayon colors, flowers, Gardens, harvest moon, poetry, Seasons, Summer, summer color, summertime, Zinnnias on August 25, 2015| 13 Comments »
I am saving the crayon colors of summer
for the show is bound to end soon
in favor of Fall’s great performers
en route with a harvest moon.
Posted in Country Food, Country Fotos, Food, Gardening, Random Impressions, Virginia, tagged Basil, country living, country photos, Fresh from the farm, gardening, Harvest, Healthy Food, herbs, Herman's, Ornamental Herbs, Parsley, Summer, Virginia nursery on July 18, 2015| 32 Comments »
Just look at my parsley and basil! They were only little guys when I bought them at Herman’s Produce this Spring.
Yes! Herman’s has a wonderful little nursery too!
The herbs are so lush and healthy, I think of them as ornamental landscape additions that can be harvested for food and health.
Talk about multi-tasking!
And would you believe I have harvested them for drying at least three times?
And of course, Herman’s Produce is known for (guess what?) it’s produce too!
They feature fresh-from-the-farm tomatoes –
and everything else that looks and tastes like Summer!
And the rumor is a local green house grower
is growing veggies exclusively for Herman’s!
We are already eagerly awaiting December
for tomatoes that will taste as good as Summer!
Imagine a tomato and mayo sandwich for Xmas?
Yummmm.
Posted in Country Thoughts, Home and Hearth, Poetry, Random Impressions, Seasons, tagged country life, country living, Home, poetry, Seasons, Summer on August 8, 2014| 26 Comments »
Soak up the last lazy days of summertime,
and gaze upon a gently shifting sky.
Get ready then,
for summer’s almost gone.