View Through The Trees - Fairy Stone State Park

 "For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, 

and am free." 

– Wendell Berry

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Fairy Stone State Park Reflections

 “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: 

It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”

—William Faulkner

So very thankful for the beautiful State Parks we have here in Virginia.

This is from our visit to Fairy Stone State Park, Stuart Virginia.

10-22-2021

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Reflections at Fairy Stone State Park

 “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when we look back everything is different.” 

– C.S. Lewis

Fairy Stone State Park - Stuart, Virginia

10-22-2021 

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Autumn at Claytor Lake State Park

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” 

- Oscar Wilde 

Claytor Lake State Park - 10-09-2020

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Reflections at Foster Falls - Max Meadows Virginia

  “It’s a beautiful thing for mind, body, and spirit to take some time daily for reflection.” 

- Anonymous

Foster Falls in Max Meadows, Virginia

Part of the New River Trail State Park

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Bridge Walk at The New River Trail State Park

“Then I realized that to be more alive, 

I had to be less afraid. So I did it. 

I lost my fear and gained my whole life.” 

– Anonymous

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Lake View at Claytor Lake State Park

“Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.” 

- Lao Tzu 

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Hungry Mother State Park - Lake Reflections

Learn more about how this state park got 

it's name - HERE 

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The Lake at Hungry Mother State Park - Marion Virginia

“Rise free from care before the dawn and seek new adventures. Let noon find you at other lakes, And night find you everywhere at home... Grow wild according to thy nature.” 

 ― Henry David Thoreau

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Gazebo Sunrise at Claytor Lake State Park

"Come quickly. You mustn't miss the dawn. 

 It will never be just like this again." 

 ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Sunrise at Claytor Lake State Park

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Lake View Splendor

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” 

 ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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Forest Stream at Hungry Mother State Park

“As long as I live, 

I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. 

I'll interpret the rocks, 

learn the language of flood, storm, 

and the avalanche. 

I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers 

and wild gardens, 

and get as near the heart of the world as I can".” 

 ― John Muir

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Claytor Lake Landscape

Claytor Lake State Park - Dublin, Virginia 

“I think the only answer is to live life to the fullest while you can and collect memories like fools collect money. Because in the end, that's all you have - happy memories.” 

 ― Sarah Strohmeyer

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Tree Island at Hungry Mother State Park

"For last year's words 

belong to last year's language 

 And next year's words await another voice."

 T.S. Eliot

From our visit to Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, Virginia.

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Woodland Dream

       
 There is a place

                           all moist and green

                                             out where the fairies live.

       And there I go

                         to refresh my soul

                                              out where the fairies live.

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Bluet wildflowers seen at Claytor Lake State Park

Dublin, Virginia

      

Just Before Sunrise

Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colors of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.  

~ Oscar Wilde

Just before sunrise 
Claytor Lake State Park - Dublin, Virginia

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Osprey At Claytor Lake State Park

The Osprey looks like it is flying into the tree branches

A little closer look.

And even a bit closer

I am very fortunate to live relatively close to Claytor Lake which is home to a wonderful Virginia State Park. 

A Link to info about the Osprey:  HERE