Evening Primrose
We have enjoyed watching new Common Evening Primrose blossoms quickly open each evening. Read More …
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. Read More …
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. Read More …
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. Read More …
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. Read More …
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. Read More …
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. Read More …
Overgrown Truck
This abandoned truck in a cow pasture near Keezletown, VA has a tree growing through it. Read More …
Nature Treasure Hunt at Seven Bends State Park
Beverly and I recently participated in a photo scavenger hunt in Seven Bends State Park, Virginia’s newest state park. Read More …
Wild Mushroom
In our neighborhood, there is a spot in the grass between the street and the sidewalk where a wild mushroom occasionally appears. Sometimes it is mowed or cut down and sometimes it just withers away. One day on her way out of the development Beverly noticed that it had returned. When she reached her destination, Read More …