Nature walk with the little ones

We went for a little hike in the woods beside our house. We discovered a few interesting things......

Wild Bergamot


Little wood frog playing hide and seek


Snail shells artfully arranged.

Emerald Isle 2012

A couple of weeks ago we went to Emerald Isle, NC. The week started out nice. Unfortunately, the week ended with hot temps and pain. My husband ended up having is gallbladder removed when we returned from vacation. It has been a hectic couple of weeks!

Eastern newt

Eastern newt or red spotted newt covered in early morning dew on the Beall Trail in Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge.

Appalachian Structures

Magical Dolly

Drenched

Emerald greens

Hidden jewel

I drive over this waterfall quite often. I had no idea it was there until I got out of my car and went on a little hike. Often it's worth it to slow down in life and look at what God has hidden away beneath our feet.

Wet Spring Morning

Maroon trillium

Black capped chickadee

Pop of red

It finally snowed again. The snowfall this year has been very scarce. I was happy to see that my little world had turned black and white this morning.

I'm still alive

Hello everyone!!! I am still alive! It has been a while since I last posted. We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I didn't post because the ugly brown earth doesn't make for very pretty photos. I am happy to report we finally received some snow! Unfortunately, it is way too cold out there for me so I will post a photo taken from the warmth of my home. This Christmas we purchased a live balled and burlaped concolor fir evergreen. I hope it can endure the cold, harsh WV winter.

Call me crazy

I know many of you are going to think I'm nuts but I can't wait for snow! After the leaves are gone, it just looks depressing outside. I'm not a big fan of brown!

Elakala #1

Framed

It's hard to get a different perspective of a waterfall that has been photographed 437290654056890416894 times. I don't remember seeing this perspective of Elakala Falls #2, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV. (I did a search on Flickr and found a few photos from this vantage point.)

Country roads

Nature's architecture

Blackwater River

Morning photo walk

I went on a photo walk again this morning. I took several photos but I am having a "not happy with anything I captured" day.

Into the mist