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a walk in the woods

October 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · flora and fauna, musings, photos

I’m not sure which is my favorite season, spring or fall. I do know that this is the best time of the year to go for a walk in the woods. A stroll through the crisp October air, nature’s palette ablaze with reds and golds, gives you such a sense of place. These hills were [...]

the pod of the gods

October 8th, 2010 · No Comments · food, From the Garden, photos, recipes

In Merry Olde England, they call it Lady Fingers. Sometimes, they use the Hindu word, bhindi. In Portuguese, the word is quiabo, and in non-English speaking Africa where it originated, it’s kingombo in some languages, and okuru in others. Ann Barrett, author of Having It Y’all, an insider’s guide to life southern style, describes it [...]

up…up and awayyyyy

September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · landmarks, photos

(The image above was “liberated” from Wikipedia.org. I took the rest.) Probably the most lasting image of Wytheville that most folks traveling I-81 take with them is that of the Wytheville water tower, painted in 1997 to look like a hot air balloon rising above the trees. The colorful tower is an imposing structure located [...]

the super harvest moon

September 25th, 2010 · No Comments · music, photos

This past week has been an exciting one for star gazers. Last Monday, Jupiter made its closest approach to the Earth in 50 years. Celestial distances are measured in AU – astronomical units. One AU is about 93,000,000 miles, the distance from the Earth to the sun. Jupiter is about 3.95 AU from the Earth. [...]

one for andy

September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · flora and fauna, photos, wildlife

Fall arrives tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22, at 11:09 pm. I thought I would say goodby to summer by showing one last shot of the Intercoastal Waterway at Oak Island, NC. This one is for my favorite Joisey Goil, Andy Jarvis.

a life unlived

September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · musings, photos

It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. What words come to mind when you view this picture? Loneliness? Abandonment? Despair? What story does this picture tell? How about these?

the garden monster

September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · flora and fauna, photos

They look like something from a science fiction movie, with their spiked forelegs, elongated bodies, and wings. The compound eyes make them appear to have eyeballs, and they can turn their heads almost 300 degrees enabling them to have a full field of vision without having to move their bodies. They feed mostly at night, [...]

a few in black and white

September 10th, 2010 · No Comments · photos

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clouds

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · musings, photos

Lucy: Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton. I could just lie here all day and watch them drift by. If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud’s formations. What do you think you see, Linus? Linus: Well, those clouds up there look to me [...]

argiope aurantia

August 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · flora and fauna, photos

She’s sometimes known as the Writing Spider, the Banana Spider, or the Corn Spider. Scientists call her Argiope Aurantia. Most folks know her simply as the Garden Spider. This one lives in our garden. Anne calls her Charlotte.

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