The View from Squirrel Ridge

Page County, VA These people are going to fish in the South Fork of the Shenandoah. I took this from the boat landing at Bixler’s Ferry Roa...

A June Sky, 8:50 P.M. Some years ago, I took a Photoshop class and asked the teacher, “What is the difference between the Saturation Adjustm...

This pretty goldfinch perched in my front yard. I was able to take its picture with my cell phone through the glass storm door. The bird on ...

I'm tired — even more than usual. For one thing, I had physical therapy and it was exhausting. Lynn and her friend Jessica spent the aft...

This is outside the parking garage that I showed on Friday. I stopped to take a picture of this pretty mural on what I assumed was a utilit...

When I realized it was flag day, I decided to display my new garden flag that I got for Independence Day. The flags on it are symbolic, and ...

Blog Post #9500 Yes, this is actually the 9,500th post on this blog! And my first post was on this day 21 years ago! Are you impressed? That...

Hi, I had a busy week. Here I am at Seven Bends State Park. It’s a good place to go on a hot day because there’s shade and a river.  Look wh...

Weekend Reflections Our weather has been very hot and muggy, occasionally interrupted by a thunderstorm. A mountain lake looks like a good p...

Large parking garages can be disorienting. You drive around in circles, watching for a parking spot. When you finally find one, you're i...

This is my contribution to  Skywatch , which has remained popular even as blogging in general is declining. This blog hop has been around si...

American Robin House Sparrow  I picked out these two pictures to share today and when I thought about a title for this post, I realized that...