Southern Drive Through Spanish Moss

“Trees down south have a difference to them, a subtle, slinking movement, mile by mile- 

a gracefulness, a swagger. 

Lanky trees stretching out their wiry thin, 

Spanish moss-covered branches, 

moss that sways and beckons ... 

come here, come here, it says.” 

 ― Suzanne Palmieri

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Tall Trees In Winter

Along a path at Hungry Mother State Park

Marion, Virginia 

Trees are sanctuaries. 

Whoever knows how to speak to them, 

whoever knows how to listen to them, 

can learn the truth. 

They do not preach learning and precepts, 

they preach, undeterred by particulars, 

the ancient law of life. 

Hermann Hesse

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Autumn in Radford Virginia

Days are stringed instruments and every one strikes a different note. 

~ Kenneth Alfred Evelyn Alexander

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Along The Path

What you seek is seeking you.

 — Rumi

A pathway at Claytor Lake State Park in Dublin, Virginia. 

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Kiss The Earth With Your Feet

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. 

― Thich Nhat Hanh

The Road Goes Ever On and On .....

Deerfield Trail - Blacksburg Virginia

The Road goes ever on and on 
           Down from the door where it began. 
                       Now far ahead the Road has gone, 
                                             And I must follow, if I can,
 Pursuing it with eager feet, 
         Until it joins some larger way 
               Where many paths and errands meet.

                              And whither then? I cannot say  

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Summer Pathway

Adopt the pace of nature: 

Her secret is patience.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

More Pathways - HERE

Unclear Paths

“Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.” 
Thomas S. Monson

A shot from Bisset Park.

I'm not sure if you can tell....but there is a walking path in

the background....with leaning trees.

Probably not the best composed shot...but I liked it.

Embark!

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.
― Barbara Hall 

Along the Blue Ridge Parkway  
at the overlooks, sometimes there are paths/hiking

trails....this is one of those.

A link to learn a little more

about the Blue Ridge Parkway: - HERE 

Leaning Trees Along The Path

A pathway at Bissett Park - Radford, Virginia

Looking down

the path

This is looking up the path....the trees are leaning away from the New River.

I assume they grew this way because the wind blows "off" the water

(not sure about that...just assuming)

I think they look neat the way they are leaning.

As you can see, most of the leaves have fallen.