The Good: I spotted these signs near Luray and I pulled into a parking lot to get a picture. I wanted to show the electronic "STAY SAFE" sign plus the historical marker but the electronic sign did not photograph well. I took images with both my Sony and my iPhone and figured one of them would come out correctly but I was mistaken. I suppose I should have tried a longer exposure.
But I was glad I pulled over because when I drove around the parking lot to turn around, I spotted a mural on an overpass. I walked down the paved trail and took pictures. There was a second mural farther on which I'll show another day. I hope you can view this panoramic shot I took with my cell phone. It is embedded using code from Facebook.
A small sign says the artwork is "Vermilion Sunset" by Gwynnavier Jones. The regular shot doesn't show the size as it is foreshortened by the angle.
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| Monday Murals. |
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| Mosaic Monday. |
There is a visitors center at Hupps Hill but it has been closed due to the pandemic. The park has remained open. It has historical markers and a karst geology trail.
I like that socially distant picnic.. all we’ve done is sit in our daughters yard and chat (and we wear masks, but at least I can see part of their face!). ... the beautiful sun mural showed up very well... I’m glad you stopped there.
ReplyDelete...Virginia has such neat historic markers.
ReplyDeleteI quite like the sunset mural. Thanks for participating Linda.
ReplyDeleteIt seems you are slowly getting back to normal life.
What a beautifully colored mural!
ReplyDeletebe well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
You always see m to find beautiful murals in unexpected places, thanks for sharing them with us. Here in UK we haven't been able to see family or friends for 10 weeks because of the covis 19 lockdown but on Friday this week my sister and her husband will hopefully come and sit in our garden 2 metre apart of course and we will be able catch up properly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this nice great posting and I am glad that you could be with friends again!
ReplyDeleteHave a good day, Elke
Good to capture the pano version (I'm not sure what FB embedded code means...but it worked) of the mural. I've been able to post photos that are panos right from my iPhone collection to blogger so far. So glad you got to have a picnic...it looks like a lovely place!
ReplyDeleteLinda - I have tried taking pictures of those same sorts of signs - it's tricky. Have to time it just right. How lucky to find the mural - and impressed you found a way to embed it in the post! Glad you are able to get out for picnics - even with the distancing, it is better than nothing! Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteNice to hear of the picnic. We all need social interaction, distant or not!
ReplyDeleteI apologize for visiting so late. I really enjoyed the mural, but I also was happy to read about the cavalry engagement. Great random shots, too.
ReplyDeleteThe sunset mural is splendid. I'd like to paint something like that on our metal shed. I love your COVID picnic, another idea I want to copycat. Cheers, Linda! :-)
ReplyDeleteNice smiles at your social distancing picnic …
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
It's so nice to be able to get out and about again.
ReplyDeleteDawn aka Spatulas On Parade
Hope you had fun on your picnic. The panoramic feature worked well--cool picture.
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