A Newport Autumn

"Life starts all over again 

when it gets crisp in the fall."

 – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Along an Autumn Road in Newport, Virginia

Giles County, Virginia

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Autumn Views

A little bit of color starting to come out.....

Blue Jay surrounded by autumn leaves 

(those leaves look like hearts to me.... can you see it?)  

The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory. Over everything connected with autumn there lingers some golden spell—some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power.  

~Northern Advocate

More Blue Jays - HERE 

 

Time to Reflect

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. 

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Autumn's Palette

How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.
- John Burroughs

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Patterns in the Tapestry

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
~ Richard Feynman

Gold and Orange

Golden feathers and Orange Leaves ~ The Perfect Fall Colors!
Goldfinch in Autumn Leaves

How beautifully the leaves grow old. 
How full of light and colour are their last days.
- John Burroughs

What a way to grow old ~ Full of light and color!  

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Hidden Beauty

This quote spoke to my heart this morning and I wanted to share it with you.

When your inner eyes open, you can find immense beauty hidden within the inconsequential details of daily life. When your inner ears open, you can hear the subtle, lovely music of the universe everywhere you go.- Timothy Ray Miller

Fall Framing

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. 
 ~ Eddie Cantor

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Orange and Black Caterpillar

 Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. 
 ― Dr. Seuss 

 These caterpillars remind me of Fall with their orange and black colors. 
 Almost like a Halloween caterpillar :)

I think this is a Tussock Moth Caterpillar 

Red-bellied Woodpecker Hanging on to a Berry

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. 

~ Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping

Observing Nature - A Collage

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

 ― Marilyn Vos Savant

After the Rain

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth;  without rain, there would be no life.
~ John Updike


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A Hint of Red

Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.

~ Elizabeth Lawrence

A Doorway to a New World

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.

~John Muir

Fog on the New River

In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties! 

― Mehmet Murat ildan

Encourage Them To Try Again

Goldrenrod turns white as it comes to its end.
When I saw this two specific things came to my mind.....
#1 - It looks like Snow

#2 - It looks like a Gnome hat (do you see it?)

Leaves

I can never get enough leaves

Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.

― Chad Sugg

Peeking Through the Trees

These two shots are from Pandapas..... seems like I'm always taking a shot through the trees or with a limb hanging in front. Oh well.........

This one taken through the trees on the New River

Fall Reflections and Canada Geese

  “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”. 

― Stanley H. Horowitz 

 “Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable...the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street...by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.” 

 ― Hal Borland

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket 
than all the other seasons.” 

 ― Jim Bishop

New River at Bisset Park

 The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale. 
~ Cornelia L. Tuthill  

Autumn is the season of change. 

~ Taoist proverb 

 The New River and its Fall Colors. I was standing IN the river when I took this picture. It was very low and I was really just standing on wet rocks..... but it was VERY slippery.

The New River....... not so new

I found this info from the FONR (Friends of the New River) website and thought it very interesting.

Despite its name, there is nothing new about the New River. In fact, the river is the oldest in the United States and second-oldest in the world. “I’ve heard dates of anything from 10 million to 360 million years," says FONR board member Lynn Sharp of the Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History. "I usually just say it’s ancient.” The New River has its origins in northwestern North Carolina, near the towns of Boone and Blowing Rock. By the time it merges with the Gauley River in West Virginia near Charleston to form the Kanawha, it has flowed north through parts of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 1998 the New River was designated as one of fourteen American Heritage Rivers.