Buffalo Mountain in Early Autumn

 

A view of Buffalo Mountain in early autumn as seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway. This image captured October 23, 2021. This was a "late" year for autumn colors and peak was still about 2 weeks away.

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Mountains, Lake and Trail

But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks. 

~ John Muir

This image was captured along the Lake Loop Trail at Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, Virginia and may be my favorite image from the week we spent there. With this you have a bit of everything: The mountains through the trees, part of the hiking trail, and a lovely view of Hungry Mother Lake between the trees as well.

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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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Rock Castle Gorge - Another View from the Blue Ridge Parkway

“Going to the mountains is going home.” 

 - John Muir

Another view of Rock Castle Gorge on the Blue Ridge Parkway

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The Fog Rolls In

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. 

~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

The Bluestone Gorge at

Pipestem State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia

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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.

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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

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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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Mountain Redbud

 Redbud along Skyline Drive

In a cool solitude of trees 

Where leaves and birds a music spin, 

Mind that was weary is at ease, 

New rhythms in the soul begin.

 ― William Kean Seymour

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Storm Rolling In

 September 2014 along the Skyline Drive,  Front Royal Virginia.

Weather is always unrehearsed. 

 ― Marty Rubin

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Shenandoah National Park - Sky And Clouds

I can see for miles and miles 

and miles and miles and miles 

- Pete Townsend 

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The View from Skyline Drive

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, 

while cares will drop away from you 

like the leaves of Autumn.

 ― John Muir

One of the Amazing Views from Skyline Drive 

Front Royal, Virginia 

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Low Clouds

There is always light behind the clouds. 

~ Louisa May Alcott

Low clouds along I81 - near Roanoke, Virginia  

Taken from our moving car, thru the raindrops on the windshield, with my iPhone 

Sunrise Greetings

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
~ John Muir

Taken on my Iphone one morning when the sun was just starting to peek thru the trees.

View From The Tracks

Another train will come. Why rush? Why worry? Why go crazy? Another train will come. 

~ Esmeralda Santiago

Hazy Summer Days

Lazy Hazy Days of Summer

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. 

 ― Henry James

From the Heart

    

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