Category: United States

Hiking Virginia Beach

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I spent most of this week at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, which had some beautiful subjects for my camera. Wednesday’s hike was an adventure in going the wrong direction and yet seeing so many beautiful reflections. Spring is just showing up here, as you can tell by the “spring greens” in this shot. That lumpy bit in the lower right corner is two turtles “sharing” a small bit of land amid the water, and they were both enjoying the warmer weather and sunshine. This is a bald cypress tree, surrounded by the “knees” it has sent up…

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Wright Brothers National Memorial

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The year is 1903 and the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, have been working for four years on how to fly a heavier-than-air craft moving under its own power, under control of a pilot, and without losing speed while underway. On December 17, they did it. Here’s the airfield where it all happened. The red circle shows the starting point of each flight, and the red rectangles show the ending points of each flight that day, with the first flight being the left-most white marker (and each flight was a bit longer in length, so the markers are in order…

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The Tree

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Yep, still obsessed with The Tree. And, really, can you blame me? It’s more a sculpture than a tree. Here’s how it looked yesterday after Wednesday’s storm had blown through, leaving blue skies and bright light in its wake. I started playing around with my images in post-processing, and I liked this one a lot from Tuesday, when the winds were indeed blowing and the skies were much darker. When I went back in the afternoon, the wind was blowing sand and I really like the way it swept by the tree. I just kept clicking the shutter and this…

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Weekly Update: Mar 21, 2018

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It’s been a weird week: two thunderstorms and a tornado watch, as well as several bouts of rain. Who says South Carolina isn’t exciting? Not me! I spent the weekend finishing out my 8-day stay at Edisto Island State Park, where I stayed in the Live Oak campground. It’s a half-mile from the beach and about 2 minutes from some lovely trails and I found myself walking those more than the beach. This part of the coast is called the Low Country, and it’s full of roads like the one below. I love the trees, the moss, the whole vibe…

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Signs of Spring

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This one is for my friends in the Northeastern US, who got slammed by yet another snowstorm and many have lost power for a day or two (or more). March is definitely a hard month to endure such hard weather, I remember being so over it by end of February when I lived up there. So, today I took a walk around my neighborhood here in Gainesville and I am sending you all hope for better weather and a reminder that Spring will eventually come, even to Boston. The trees will bud out, bringing those fabulous greens and pinks that…

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