Draper Mountain - Draper Virginia

 "Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” 

 ~ Rachel Carson 

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 Draper Mountain as seen from the New River Trail, October 28, 2023

Draper, Virginia 

Summer at Pandapas Pond

“Finding your purpose is a lifelong adventure. 

Enjoy the journey.” 

― Todd Stocker

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Fenced In

"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be." 

 — Robert Fulghum

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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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Virginia Views

The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and the blue hills ache with a meaning which can never be uttered in words.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Along Interstate 81 in Virginia.  Another shot from our moving car - with my iPhone.
Do you find that you are using your camera phone more for taking pics?  Are you shooting out the window of the car? (with someone else driving of course)

Linking Up with SkyWatch Friday

Simple Things and Great Pleasure

I have found that some of the simplest things have given me the most pleasure. They didn't cost me a lot of money either. They just worked on my senses. Did you ever pick very large blueberries after a summer rain Walk through a grove of cottonwoods, open like a park, and see the blue sky beyond the shimmering gold of the leaves? Pull on dry woolen socks after you've peeled off the wet ones? Come in out of the subzero and shiver yourself warm in front of a wood fire? The world is full of such things. 

 ~ Richard Proenneke

I'm adding to his list of simple things:  

Birds Singing, Bees Buzzing, Butterflies Fluttering

What are some of the simple things in life that bring you great pleasure?

Awe Is Quiet

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet. 

 ~ Kevin McCloud

 Morning View in Heritage Park - Blacksburg, VA

 One of my favorite places on this wonderful planet Earth.

Blue Skies

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

X Marks the Spot

Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue - the sky

~ George Byron Gordon

 Izaak Walton Park - Christiansburg, VA