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October 16, 2011
Cacapon Morning We save one weekend each October to spend at Cacapon State Park in West Virginia. The park was constructed after the Great Depression when the Civilian Conservation Corps was sent out...
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October 17, 2011
A Beautiful Day What a gorgeous autumn day, with a vibrant blue sky and a tinge of fall color decorating the trees. It was the perfect backdrop for a celebration of Mark Eadon’s Smith’s life this...
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October 28, 2011
Backyard In Fall A cold front blew through late this afternoon, turning the skies dark and blowing leaves off of the golden trees. The weather forecasters are hinting at a winter storm this weekend,...
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October 31, 2011
Lost Mountain Halloween Each Halloween we look forward to trick-or-treating in Middleburg, Virginia. The town’s Community Center hosts a party for the children, and afterward hundreds of ghosts,...
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November 1, 2011
Hill Morning As I drove down Route 50 this morning from Paris to Middleburg, Virginia, it was so tempting to pull over for all for all the beautiful photo ops along the way. The sun was rising over...
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November 10, 2011
Peppermint Alert What could be better for a dog than a crisp fall morning and a squirrel to chase? Well, Peppermint has enjoyed the fact that we’ve now returned to filling the bird feeders in...
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November 11, 2011
Fall Waters The beauty of living on the mountain is having acres of wilderness in our backyard, including the Appalachian Trail. On the days when I work from home I try my best to carve out a half hour...
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November 22, 2011
Window On Fall We’re fast approaching winter, and most of the leaves have fallen or been blown off the trees now. While I was in Chicago, Cameron and Gary worked out in the yard preparing everything...
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Ready For Harvest
Upperville Tractor I learned my lesson. I was just running down to Upperville on Sunday morning to pick up one of Cam’s classmates to work on a school project at our house. No need to bring a camera,...
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Then There Was One
Last fawn outside my office window. For the past several weeks we’ve had a pair of late-season twin fawns hanging out on our property. I watched them each day as they grazed in the back yard and napped...
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Arboretum Afternoon
An impromptu hike through the State Arboretum of Virginia this afternoon, and we stumbled upon a hidden glade overflowing with color. The trusty iPhone came in handy, and, after propping myself...
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Arboretum Afternoon
An impromptu hike through the State Arboretum of Virginia this afternoon, and we stumbled upon a hidden glade overflowing with color. The trusty iPhone came in handy, and, after propping myself...
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Afternoon at the Arboretum
The falling leaves that floated outside my picture window today beckoned me to join them. How could I decline the invitation? The perfect autumn backdrop for nature and landscape photographers lies...
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Fall Fun
We’ve enjoyed a few weeks of lovely fall weather here in Virginia, and Peppermint has ventured to the State Arboretum of Virginia regularly to run and play while I’ve had my camera out. While we were...
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Fuji Meets Fox
When Cameron suggested we walk the White Nine yesterday afternoon at the Shenandoah Valley Golf Course, I couldn’t say no. It was a lovely, unseasonably warm November day, and there won’t be many more...
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