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Houseleek (aka Hen and Chicks) Flowers One of our houseleek (hen and chicks) plants bloomed and I captured photos of these seldom seen flowers.
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees
Norfolk and Western Class J Steam Locomotive #611 We photographed Norfolk & Western No. 611 Class J steam engine pulling the Shenandoah Valley Limited excursion train near Ferrol, VA. The Class J has a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, known as a 'Northern' type engine.
Categories: Railroad
ESPN College GameDay at JMU We photographed ESPN equipment on JMU's Quad prior to the ESPN College GameDay broadcast.
Categories: Street Photography
Chocolate-Covered Pretzels After a holiday gathering my grandson and I photographed tiny sprinkles on a chocolate chip.
Categories: Focus Stacking, Macro
Birdhouse and Flowers A black-eyed susan vine around a pole supporting a bluebird house in our backyard.
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees
Evening Primrose We have enjoyed watching new Common Evening Primrose blossoms quickly open each evening.
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees
Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Gardens This April we visited Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Gardens in Lexington, VA. We had never visited this volunteer-mananged informal arboretum before and we enjoyed the variety of plants and spring flowers.
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees
Street Photography After a Snow After a recent snow and attending a zoom webinar on street photography, I took a camera when Beverly and I walked in our neighborhood.
Categories: Street Photography, Uncategorized
Water Drops from Melting Ice I noticed water drops on the garage door from melting ice on the garage door windows. I quickly took some pictures.
Categories: Water, Ice, And Snow
Iridescent Clouds One afternoon in late December we saw clouds which showed multiple colors which changed as we watched. I have since learned that this formation of colors in clouds, known as irisation, is relatively rare.
Categories: Clouds
Sulcata Tortoises in Calabash, NC We were passing through Calabash, NC where we saw a man with several large tortoises in a vacant lot. He said they were Sulcata Tortoises (also known as the African Spurred Tortoise) and he was with a tortoise rescue.
Categories: Wildlife
Sunset Beach, North Carolina In October 2021 Beverly and I visited Sunset Beach, NC where we spent three days with her daughters and granddaughter. We also visited the Outer Banks to see the lighthouses.
Categories: Scenes And Vistas, Sunrises & Sunsets, Wildlife
Overgrown Truck This abandoned truck in a cow pasture near Keezletown, VA has a tree growing through it.
Categories: Distressed
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