On The Rocks - Green Heron

 All my life through, the new sights of Nature 

 made me rejoice like a child. 

 —Marie Curie

Hethwood Pond - Blacksburg, Virginia

June 9, 2024

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Hethwood Pond - Blacksburg Virginia

 “Walking is the ultimate travel adventure. 

You never know where your feet will take you.”

 — Richard A. Schmidt

A lovely view from our walk on Sunday, June 9, 2024.

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Sunny Days

 Summer has a flavor like no other. 

Always fresh and simmered in sunshine. 

Oprah Winfrey 

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Along Poverty Creek

 For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. 

Martin Luther

From our hike along the Poverty Creek Trail - Blacksburg, Virginia

Pandapas Pond Area

03-19-22

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Winter Along The Creek

Winter along the creek - 

Tom's Creek at Deerfield Trail

Blacksburg, Virginia

Captured on 01-23-2021

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Adventures Are Just Around The Corner

 “Always there has been an adventure just around the corner…and the world is still full of corners.”

 ― Roy Chapman Andrews

The Huckleberry Trail in Blacksburg, Virginia

(Glade Road Side)

A Walk Along The Trail

What is most important is to find peace 

and to share it with others. 

To have peace, you can begin 

by walking peacefully. 

Everything depends on your steps. 

 ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Always Remember the Beauty of the Garden

"Always remember the beauty of the garden, 

for there is peace." 

- Author Unknown

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Downtown Blacksburg - Ink and Wash Style

This Art created from my original photograph.

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An Autumn Forest - A Mosaic of Color

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, 

summer an oil painting 

and autumn a mosaic of them all." 

- Stanley Horowitz

Autumn Trees in Prices Park

Blacksburg, Virginia

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Boardwalk Along the Huckleberry Trail - Blacksburg Virginia

“Wherever we go in the mountains, 

or indeed in any of God's wild fields, 

we find more than we seek.” 

 ― John Muir 

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A Magical Place along the Huckleberry Trail
in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Jim had actually discovered it on one of his bike rides and told me about it. It is near one of my walking trails, but on the other side of the road. It is part of the new portion of the Huckleberry Trail that links the trail to Glade Road and crosses a wetland area.

Many more visits are in my future!

Sunrise Through The Trees

There is a morning inside you 

waiting to burst open into Light. 

~Rumi

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Foggy Morning Along The Road

There are no shortcuts 

to any place worth going. 

~ Beverly Sills

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Downtown Blacksburg Buildings

Buildings along Main Street in

Downtown Blacksburg

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Downtown Blacksburg with Historical Marker

A View of Downtown Blacksburg, Virginia 

and the Historical Marker.

William Black was the Founder of Blacksburg.

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Clouds Over the Mountains

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed... It feels an impulsion... this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons. 

~ Richard Bach

View looking into Blacksburg, Virginia
from the Brush Mountain area of Route 460

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Crossing Tom's Creek

"Wander a whole summer if you can...time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will definitely lengthen it....."

 ― John Muir

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Heritage Park Reflections

So come to the pond, 

or the river of your imagination, 

or the harbor of your longing, 

 and put your lips to the world. 

 And live your life. 

 ― Mary Oliver

Heritage Park - Blacksburg Virginia

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Up The Creek!

You do not need to know 

 precisely what is happening, 

or exactly where it is all going.

What you need is to 

 recognize the possibilities and challenges 

offered by the present moment, 

 and to embrace them with 

 courage, faith and hope. 

 — Thomas Merton

Oh What a Sky!

How clear, how lovely bright,

How beautiful to sight

Those beams of morning play;

How heaven laughs out with glee

Where, like a bird set free,

Up from the eastern sea

Soars the delightful day.

― A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

Heritage Park - Blacksburg Virginia

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