Gareth’s shot of all present:
Then a long, gray drive home. After 90 minutes east to Altoona, here I started south.
Nature
A few summer flowers
In July, some from the garden, some from the roadside:
Tall Phlox, Cornflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Mimosa, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rose of Sharon, Smooth Sumac
Dad’s kitchen window
Bushy Run: a walk in the woods
Dad’s kitchen window
What was he thinking?
Drinking lunch on the Blue Ridge
At the Fox Meadow Winery, Linden, Virginia, with our friends Jim Charest and Linda Beville. It may be way up in the mountains, but the winery is not short of neighbors, hidden away in the trees:
Snapping turtle
Saw this one May 26th at 103 Harwill Drive on our walk to the pond. Maybe it’s the common snapping turtle.
What was she thinking?
The new patio
