Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway runs 469 miles from Virginia to North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since I now live in Roanoke, Virginia, I thought that I should get out and explore more of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Rock Castle Gorge Overlook. Rock Castle Gorge [...]
Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway runs 469 miles from Virginia to North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since I now live in Roanoke, Virginia, I thought that I should get out and explore more of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mabry Mill. When the hubby and I [...]
The Blue Ridge Parkway. I love to explore the Blue Ridge Parkway. When the hubby decided to take Friday off from work, I knew that we would definitely be having a day of exploration. We often use parts of the Parkway to get to various areas of the surrounding towns. It's a mellow, scenic drive. [...]
Friday. Edition 33. It's Friday!! One of my favorite things about this week is that the hubby took today off so that we can have a day exploring. So my faves will be short and sweet since we are heading out after we finish breakfast. Downtown Roanoke. After Miss Sunshine's soccer game last Saturday, the hubby [...]
Friday. Edition 32. It's Friday! Time for a weekly round-up of some of my faves from the week. In last Friday's post, I mentioned finding the scene settings on my Sony Alpha 7 II. Miss Sunshine had a game the next day, so I was able to put it to use. Action Shots. [...]
A Bend in the River. Roanoke River. Roanoke. Virginia. Sony Alpha 7 II | Sony FE 3.5-5.6/28-70 mm OSS | ISO 250 | 58 mm | f/22 Let your light shine! Amy WPC: Layered
September 12, 1977. 2:41 p.m. Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Florida, USA. That would be the moment when I would make my grand entrance into this world. Today... I am 40. This age that felt so ancient in the days of my youth. This age that feels so young now that I am standing here. Hurricane [...]
Hatred exists. Sometimes I still just have the hardest time wrapping my mind around this fact. And yet, it's there. You'd think that as a human species who claims to have evolved we'd have learned that hatred solves nothing. nothing. Charlottesville. Charlottesville is just a tiny fragment in the whole of this hateful divisiveness being [...]
The University of Glasgow. During my trip to Scotland, I knew that our time in Glasgow would be limited. In what little research I did, I knew that if it were at all possible, I wanted to see the University of Glasgow. Kelvingrove. After my mother and I visited the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and [...]
Glasgow, Scotland Oh, how I love thee. Original Travel Plans. When I traveled to Scotland with my mother and aunt at the end of May, we broke up the trip into 3 stays... 2 nights in Edinburgh (since that's where the plane was landing), 2 nights in Glasgow, and then 3 nights in Edinburgh (since [...]
