Linking to: Wordless Wednesday
April 30, 2014
Bunny and Square Slates
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Linky's & Memes,
Misc. Animals
Alternate Blog?
I signed up for a Wordpress blog but not because I'm planning to switch. I just wanted a streamlined way to comment on other Wordpress blogs, complete with "Gravatar," which is their name for an avatar, or icon.
Now I see that you can create a Gravatar without a blog. See the Globally Recognized Avatar website.
Now I see that you can create a Gravatar without a blog. See the Globally Recognized Avatar website.
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Web Tools
April 29, 2014
Portraits at the Arboreturm
Edith Carrier Arboretum, Harrisonburg, VA
A pretty spring day is a good time to take "people pictures" in a garden. We saw families doing this and we couldn't resist taking a few ourselves.
Frank doesn't normally wear his hat this way. He had pushed the brim aside when he raised the camera to his eye to take a picture of me! (Yes, our cameras all have viewfinders, except for the ones on the cell phones.)
Linking to: Our World Tuesday
Labels:
Family,
Gardens,
Linky's & Memes
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica |
Bluebells grow in moist woodlands. These are in Harrisonburg, but I've seen stream valleys full of them.
Linking to: Nature Notes
Labels:
Gardens,
Linky's & Memes
April 28, 2014
Springtime Serenity, JMU
This is off University Boulevard in Harrisonburg in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.
Labels:
Gardens,
Lakes and Ponds,
Linky's & Memes,
Shenandoah
April 27, 2014
April 26, 2014
It's Historic Garden Week in Virginia
Historic Long Branch, Clarke County |
Linking to: Today's Flowers
Labels:
Gardens,
Linky's & Memes
April 25, 2014
Skywatching with Vultures
Labels:
Birds,
Linky's & Memes,
Massanutten Mtn.,
Skies
As Long as They Still Serve Cream Pies
Frank loves the cream pies served at the Southern Kitchen in New Market. We read that the restaurant is on the market. We hope that if it's sold, the new owners won't change the menu too much, especially the homemade pies.
Linking to: Orange You Glad It's Friday
Labels:
Linky's & Memes
April 24, 2014
Massanutten View from Woodstock
Here we're looking toward Edinburg Gap from W.O. Riley Park in Woodstock, Virginia. I've posted views from this park before but this railing is a recent addition.
Linking to: Good Fences
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Fences,
Linky's & Memes,
Massanutten Mtn.,
Shenandoah,
Trees
April 23, 2014
Chickadee on a Seed Bell
There wasn't much color in the close-up version so I turned it to a grayscale image for Black and White Wednesday. However, the non-zoomed scene taken a few moments earlier has plenty of color because it shows the background, which has blue and yellow tones. Both of these images qualify for the Wild Bird Wednesday linkup.
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Birds,
Linky's & Memes,
Monochrome
April 22, 2014
April 21, 2014
Narcissus
We usually call these daffodils but the actual name for the genus is narcissus. They belong to the amaryllis family.
These grow easily in Virginia from bulbs that you plant in the fall. Deer don't particularly like them so they don't "mysteriously" disappear even in the country.
Labels:
Gardens,
Linky's & Memes
April 20, 2014
April 19, 2014
April 18, 2014
Easter Decor at the Community Store
The windows report:
Springtime is here,
Easter is near.
Eggs in pastel
Colors that tell:
A season's rebirth!
Springtime on earth!
Linking to: Six-word Friday
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Bryce Resort,
Linky's & Memes
April 17, 2014
April 16, 2014
The Railroad at Boyce, Virginia
This railroad station in Clarke County was completed in 1913 and is no longer used. A sign indicates that it was repurposed as a library for a while.
I modified the second picture in Photoshop using one of the monochromatic presets under Image/ Adjustments / HDR Toning.
Linking to: Rurality Blog Hop
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Monochrome,
Photoshop,
Shenandoah
April 15, 2014
The House on Strudel Court
Here are a couple of pictures I took at the house I wrote about yesterday. The house is pretty much empty now except for that sofa and a couple of rugs. The great room looks really huge without the dining table!
I posted a rental listing on Craigslist and the pictures there are from two years ago before we moved out.
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Bryce Resort,
Linky's & Memes,
Real Estate
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