Category: Photography
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Elizabeth River Skylines
Our wedding reception last month was held in Norfolk. The view of Portmouth from our hotel each morning. The view of Norfolk as we’re cruising on the Elizabeth River. Even a shipyard looks pretty in the right light.
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Summer Walkabouts : Arlington Cemetary
Summer has been busy here. We’ve had family visiting from other places, gone to visit family ourselves, and had a wedding reception. Most of that was within one month! It’s been a great summer! We took an opportunity when family was visiting to go with them to some of the sights nearby. One place we…
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Street Art : Via Colori
Via Colori is of my favorite events each year in Downtown Fredericksburg. They block off Sophia and Charlotte Streets and artists from around the area are given a section for a fee to draw with pastels on the pavement. The fees go to benefit The Grace Oughton Cancer Foundation. They have some excellent programs for…
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Photochallenge : Animals
I spend my life surrounded by animals. With 3 labs, a couple of whom are around 100 lbs., it’s difficult not to be. Dogs everywhere. And when it starts to warm up for the summer one place you can find Jackson is lying on top of the vent. If his tongue is sticking out,…
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Spotsylvania : Wilderness Battlefield
Fredericksburg and the surrounding area saw some of the worst battles during The Civil War. The Civil War, like any war, is about more than one thing. It’s complicated and messy. At times brutal, others inspiring. There was good and bad on both sides. It was sad note in our history. The Wilderness Battlefield was…
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Photochallenge : Falling Water
Let’s say you decide for a “Falling Water” prompt you decide to take a picture of the local river. You even know where there’s a small waterfall. Perfect. And you have about 45 minutes between appointments, it’s plenty of time, because this spot is on the way. Of course, this means, you’re wearing your regular,…
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Photochallenge : Early
I don’t know about you, but one of our family’s all time favorite foods is the strawberry. I have waxed poetic about them before. Every year we start a countdown as we watch and wait for our local farms to open their pick your own fields. Last year we added a few…
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Vintage Signs
I headed out this week, not for a walkabout, but for a country drive. This area is also farm country and there are plenty of windy, twisty roads to simply drive. If you did, you might pass cows across from a gas station, horse farms, a winery, battlefields, George Washington’s Boyhood Home, one of the best…
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Photochallenge : Books
We’re in week 11 of the 52 week Photochallenge from Tabitha. The prompt this week was “Books”. I had a few ideas and knew where I wanted to go for the challenge right away. However, as is typcally the case, it was the unexpected opportunity, that turned out to be my favorite photo. There are…