The View from Squirrel Ridge

We've had a hard frost and most of my flowers are gone! Fortunately I have pictures to remember them by. The zinnias grew profusely a...

For the Photoshop class I'm taking through LFCC, we are creating a business card design. For this one I decided to use a living histo...

We have a couple of river birch trees in our yard. Their most interesting feature is the bark which peels off in ragged pieces. This ph...

Normally I don't shoot weddings.  But if I go to one, I like to grab some pictures for myself. I've known Robin since she was a...

My sister lives in this charming town in Loudoun County. This lovely tree is part of the landscaping in the downtown parking lot. Across ...

Member of the Asteraceae Family

Shortly before dusk I went out in the yard with my camera. I was hoping to see a nice sunset but I couldn't help noticing a huge gat...

Blogging Since 2005 Forty-one hundred posts! How's that for perseverance? I post almost daily, usually in the evening. Sometimes I...

Afternoon in Rappahannock County, Virginia

I was intrigued by the bright spots of light that were focused through my glasses. The oak floor came out looking redder than it really...

I got out of my car to take some pictures and saw this when I started to get back in. See more Skywatch images .

I was attracted to the shapes and shadows on this floor. The image was mostly black and white so I went ahead and changed it to a graysca...

After much experimenting with the Nikon that I bought last winter, I finally sent it back a second time for repair. I procrastinated on doi...

This country store has stood on a ridge between Front Royal and Flint Hill since 1929. Proprietor Jack Sharp has an artistic bent and col...

Frank has listed his 1984 Mercedes for sale . It's a 1984 380 SL convertible. It's a neat little car but I discovered I reall...

The lake is not really "ours," it belongs to the community. But we feast our eyes on it so much we tend to think of it as "o...

Frank spotted this bright Japanese Maple and suggested I take a picture of it. We still have some lovely colors in the lowlands but the...

Some years the oak leaves go straight from green to reddish brown and then to brown. This year they seem to be turning more gradually, ad...

In Hillandale Park, Harrisonburg, VA "These Black Bears were carved from a 170 inch circumference White Oak stump by William L....

We can see a lake and Massanutten Mountain from our living room! It means a lot to me to have a nice view. Our last home had a gorgeous v...