Thanksgiving - 2014

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Wishing everyone a peaceful and enjoyable Thanksgiving.

We are taking a couple of days off over Thanksgiving and will resume our regular schedule on Monday, December 1st.

Snead barn

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

The Snead Farm was privately owned until the 1950s. The property is now part of Shenandoah National Park. The barn and root cellar still stand, and the foundations of the house are nearby.

What summer left behind . . .

Green County, Virginia 

Washpan

Clover Hill Village - Appomattox County, Virginia 

The Appomattox County Historical Society owns and operates Clover Hill Village. Various buildings and farming implements recreate rural life from before the Civil War into the early years of the 20th century. Even though the Village is now closed for the season, the grounds are open all year and I spent an afternoon there last week taking pictures. I had the place to myself.

More to come over the next few weeks. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend, and thanks for reading Photography In Place.

Antiques

Vera, Virginia 

Vera is a small community just north of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

Truck, flag, sidewalk

Dillwyn, Virginia 

Last week I spent several days in the Appomattox, Virginia area. From my home base in the travel trailer I photographed in the Appomattox Court House National Park, the reconstructed Clover Hill Village, Pamplin City which is one of Virginia's Lost Communities and the Buckingham Branch Railroad headquarters in the town of Dillwyn. It will take me a while to process and edit the photos from this trip, but I thought I would share a few this week just to make a break from all the landscape/nature subjects that I have been posting recently.

Botanical #23

Greene County, Virginia 

Under the ginkgo tree.

Greene County, Virginia 

The ginkgo tree in our yard has shed its leaves. One day the tree was golden with turning leaves; the next day the leaves were thick on the ground under the bare branches. That's the way it goes with the ginkgo tree. Winter is suddenly here.

Third Sunday - November, 2014

Louisa County, Virginia 

Foster Creek Baptist Church - 1867

Columnar jointing

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 

Columnar jointing is an unusual geological structure formed as volcanic rock cools and fractures into polygonal prisms, or columns. This photograph was made last month in the Shenandoah National Park. The formation is a short by steep hike off the Appalachian Trail near Compton Peak.

Get out and take a walk this weekend. No matter where you are, there is something to see. And thanks for reading Photography In Place.

Everyday things

Greene County, Virginia 

Not everyone is able to travel and photograph in exotic locations but there is beauty and interest to be found in the everyday things that surround us. Traveling to see new things can be stimulating, but seeing old things in a new way is a challenge that can lead to fresh vision.

By the lake

Greene County, Virginia 

Late autumn trees

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Botanical #22

Greene County, Virginia 

Our hostas finally succumbed to the first freezing weather of the season the other night.

End of season

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 

Empty parking lot, scattered leaves, setting sun. The summer and fall season are coming to an end at Loft Mountain Wayside on the Skyline Drive.

Overlook

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 

This photo was taken on October 29th from the Bacon Hollow Overlook on the Skyline Drive. Bacon Hollow is an old mountain community in Greene County, Virginia with an interesting history.

Have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend and, as always, thanks for reading Photography In Place.

Stone wall

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Two trees

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Late autumn

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 

Along the Skyline Drive on October 29, 2014

Sumac

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Fall foliage in the Blue Ridge Mountains this year is mostly orange and yellow, with very little red. The magenta/red leaves and drupes of the sumac are a welcome, if not particularly harmonious, addition to the autumn palette.

At the edge of the woods

Greene County, Virginia