In May 2017, Beverly called me outside immediately after a rainstorm to see the water lilies on our fishpond. When I saw the raindrops on the lily pads, I began taking pictures.  As I moved around the pond taking pictures, I realized that in some directions, the rain drops were highlighted by the afternoon sun and this one is the best of those photos. Because of the interest in this photo, we have had note…

This Painted Turtle in our pond was trying to climb out over the river rocks surrounding the pond.

The Kinzua Bridge was constructed in 1882 to transport local coal, oil and lumber across the Kinzua Gorge to their markets. Rebuilt in 1900, it remained in commercial service until 1959, and for recreational use until 2002.

This 100-year-old frame schoolhouse which sits in the middle of a cow pasture in Sevier County, TN, has not seen students since 1949.

More than 800 feet of tightly folded rock strata are exposed where Interstate 68 cuts through Sideling Hill, about 7 miles west of Hancock, MD.

Two squirrels playfully appear in different locations in this hollow tree in Amherst County, Virginia.

Reading Railroad T-1 Steam Engine #2100 in Jenkintown, PA during an Iron Horse Ramble on May 12, 1963. The T-1 has a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, known as a 'Northern' type engine.

This tobacco barn in Johnson County, NC near Zebulon, is about 100 years old. The barn is built of three-layers of wood planks on a brick foundation. The spring colors of the background woods look more like fall.

This cabin, the Addicks Cabin in the historic town of Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is to be preserved along with others by the National Park Service.

We have attended a number of musical theater performances at Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre in Wytheville, VA (www.wohlfahrthaus.com). They put on a good show,  the meal is good and reasonably priced. For our first visit, we researched what else is in the area that we would appreciate; one of those was Big Walker Lookout and the BW Country Store (www.bigwalkerlookout.com). The lookout is a 100-foot observation tower on US Rt. 52 at the top of…

This gorgeous sunset photo was taken from Big Walker Mountain in Bland County, Virginia, west of Wytheville, in October 2017.