Jeff and I drove out to the Blue Ridge Mountains on 10/22/11 to check out the fall foliage. We decided to head south of interstate 64, on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our first stop was Humpback Rocks. We’d been there once before, but it was several years ago. The climb up was a bit tougher …
Abandoned tracks from the logging railroad through the Blue Ridge mountains. 10/22/11
End of the tracks. Part of the old logging railroad that ran through the Blue Ridge mountains. 10/22/11
Fungus on a tree; Blue Ridge Parkway, 10/22/11
Sunset on 8/7/11.
Tiny, yellow Snowflake Roses at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White Orchids at The Orchids Galore! exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Tiger Crow Orchid at The Orchids Galore! exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White tulips and yellow daffodils signal that Spring is in the air at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White tulip stands tall at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Turtles basking in the sun at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Japanese Maple leaves at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Field of pinwheels. Each one of the over 3000 represents a child helped by the Prevent Child Abuse Virginia’s Healthy Families program. Display at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Red & yellow variegated tulips at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
This lamb at Crump Park was only a day or two old, 3/13/11.
Ducks in Crump Park, 3/13/11.
Cotton-like plants found along a trail off Skyline Drive, 10/25/09.
Caterpillar for the Hickory Tussock Moth. Seen along a trail off Skyline Drive, 10/25/09.
Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from Skyline Drive, 10/25/09.
Tiny foot impression on a wall at one of the overlooks along Skyline Drive, 10/25/09.