Sunny Days

 Summer has a flavor like no other. 

Always fresh and simmered in sunshine. 

Oprah Winfrey 

 Print Available - HERE

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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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

The Road To Autumn

"On such a day each road is planned 

 To lead to some enchanted land; 

 Each turning meets expectancy. 

 The signs I read on every hand. 

I know by autumn's wizardry 

 On such a day the world can be 

 Only a great glad dream for me-- 

 Only a great glad dream for me!" 

 - Eleanor Myers Jewett, An Autumn Day

Print Available - HERE 

Blue Ridge Mountain Sunrise

“Yesterday is gone. 

 Tomorrow has not yet come. 

 We have only today. 

 Let us begin.” 

 ― Mother Teresa

Print Available - HERE 

Virginia Bluebells - Spring Wildflowers

"The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs." 

~ Wally Lamb

On our Easter Sunday Walk we visited the Whitt-Riverbend Park in Ripplemead, Virginia (near Pearisburg) As we walked along trail that leads you right along the New River I spotted these beautiful Virginia Bluebells. This is the first time in my life I had seen Bluebells in "the wild". Normally I had found them in cultivated gardens. I was thrilled! As you can see they were not in full bloom and I'm not sure if I will be able to get back by the time they are - but they certainly were a JOY to see!

This Bluebell Print is Available - HERE 

Sunrise Through The Trees

There is a morning inside you 

waiting to burst open into Light. 

~Rumi

Print Available - HERE 

The Historic Wayne Theatre in Waynesboro Virginia

My Artistic Rendering of the 

Historic Wayne Theatre in 

Waynesboro, Virginia. 

Art created from my original photograph.

Print Available - HERE 

Staunton Virginia - Street Art - The Visulite Cinema

I captured this street scene 

during a visit to Historic Downtown Staunton, Virginia.

This Art was created from my original photograph

Print Available - HERE 

Radford Virginia - Time for a Visit

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” 

 ― J.R.R. Tolkien

Image made along Main Street in 

Downtown Radford, Virginia.

Print Available - HERE 

Summer On The New River

I was made for Sunny Days 

~ Unknown

Summer on the New River - Narrows, Virginia

Giles County

This print is available - HERE 

Pearisburg Virginia Views

All mountain landscapes hold stories: 

the ones we read, the ones we dream, 

and the ones we create. 

- George Michael Sinclair Kennedy

 View from Pearisburg, Virginia looking East along Route 460.

Print Available - HERE 

Watching the Grapes Grow

A Vineyard in Virginia

“it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... 
it's summertime!” ― 
Kenny Chesney

Print Available - HERE 

Founders Park - Alexandria Virginia

“Parks and playgrounds are the soul of a city.” 

 ― Marty Rubin 

Print Available - HERE 

 Founders Park is a peaceful riverside park in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. It is near the shops and restaurants of King Street, the Alexandria Marina and the Torpedo Factory

Autumn at Castle Rock - Pembroke Virginia

Every mountain top is within reach 

 if you just keep climbing. 

- Barry Finlay

Print Available - HERE 

Sinking Creek Covered Bridge - Giles County Virginia

Sinking Creek Covered Bridge 

70-foot-long red wooden bridge with a tin roof, built in 1916. 

Open to the public.

Giles County, Virginia

Larger prints/ canvas prints/ posters / cards

 available:

HERE 

Do you have covered bridges in your area?

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

Print Available - HERE 

FaceBook page - HERE 

Old Pembroke Bridge

Old Pembroke Bridge - Pembroke, Virginia

Giles County

Also known as New River Bridge

Info from the Library of Congress:

  The New River Bridge at Pembroke is unusual in its combination of various truss types and engineering details, many of which are unique in the area and survive only rarely statewide. Built in 1915-1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia, it combines seven spans, six of which are carried by metal trusses of four different varieties. The bridge demonstrates the persistence of at least three early technological solutions generally abandoned by the turn of the century: nonriveted field constructions, the use of all pin connections (on the three main spans), and the incorporation of hand-forged welds and wrought iron for various structural members. Within the state, it contains the greatest number and variety of truss types for a given automotive crossing. Additionally, Virginia's longest Pennsylvania Petit through truss is found here, being the last of three bridges of this type to survive. Two other rare statewide features are metal column piers and a Pratt deck truss, the last of two to survive. The New River Bridge is nestled against Castle Rock, one of the most scenic natural formations in the region. The juxtaposition of technological and natural landmarks makes for a unique site.

Available - HERE 

Storm Rolling In

 September 2014 along the Skyline Drive,  Front Royal Virginia.

Weather is always unrehearsed. 

 ― Marty Rubin

Available - HERE 

Giles County Morning

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

 ― Meister Eckhart

 Available - HERE