The View from Squirrel Ridge

The clematis vine beside our driveway is looking good! I filtered this image in Photoshop to bring out texture and contrast, using a Poster ...

Sometimes we take the dogs to Orkney Springs for a nice walk. Above: Frank walks Flash and Ben around the pond at Bear Wallow Springs. We...

I spotted these flowers when I pulled in to the curb in Edinburg, Virginia to make a cell phone call.

Thanks to Around the World with Daily Photoblogs Old and New for listing us here . Their criteria are that photographs mainly from and rela...

A Shenandoah County Sunset When we left the interstate at Mt. Jackson and headed west, the evening sky was worth photographing, so we pulled...

The dogwood petals are gone now, but a couple of weeks ago they looked lovely. Late one afternoon the sky looked so pretty I went out on the...

Defenders of Wildlife blog follows the oil spill and it's impacts on wildlife. Breton National Wildlife Refuge has been closed, for one...

Near Mount Jackson, VA

Pileated Woodpecker This fellow has been visiting our deck since I hung a suet feeder there. He's about the size of a crow but much more...

Someone commented today on one of my posts (from November 2007) , asking if I use the latest version of Photoshop. Well no... I use CS4 and ...

The Nature Trail at Bryce Resort has improved signage and paths. These views are just below the Lake Laura Dam. Stoney Creek, formed at the ...

Yesterday I decided to drive home from Harrisonburg using back roads east of I-81, mainly Indian Trail Road as far as Mauzy. The day was pre...

We followed a "Civil War Trails" sign near the Charles City Tavern down a road to the James River. There's a pleasant park tha...

Westover Plantation, Virginia: We entered through the gate near the old kitchen. It was April and the garden was lush with color.

There are places that just about take your breath away. Westover Plantation is one of those. I first visited it on a field trip and later to...

"Indian Well House" "Legend says that this dry well was connected to the tunnel which exits at the riverbank to provide a w...

Westover Plantation near Charles City, VA Above: Here's a short video I made in the garden at Westover. Note the birds singing! Link: ...

Lavender, Red, Green

A week ago we went to Westover Plantation for Historic Garden Week . It was one of the rare days that the interior of the house was open for...