Shutterbug: He is my son

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtjUHlcDDthl_4ee-_hKhwxNwCkwL-spwsunZYFg_KQaXqGizGJYF2Lm1hBmzc2dmBFv_Kt_IF-Ss0pNRF07UyFjAsMvmvSswi4ONecUSpUkrnNvvrWKk7cBxAA0PUqGAnZHq4My0hZKb/s1600/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtjUHlcDDthl_4ee-_hKhwxNwCkwL-spwsunZYFg_KQaXqGizGJYF2Lm1hBmzc2dmBFv_Kt_IF-Ss0pNRF07UyFjAsMvmvSswi4ONecUSpUkrnNvvrWKk7cBxAA0PUqGAnZHq4My0hZKb/s400/27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">SWAC Son and I were on a mission Sunday. With our Nikon cameras in hand, we headed out looking for photo moments along the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and up to the edges of Shenandoah National Park. He is like his mom ... he enjoys capturing pictures that showcase his window on the world ... and so we found autumn leaves, mountains, horses, battlefields, cemeteries, and other interesting sights that highlighted that October afternoon in western Virginia. Above he captures Grace United Methodist Church at <a href="http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/The-History/The-Battles/Battle-of-Port-Republic">The Coaling</a> near Port Republic in eastern Rockingham County.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnP_YrKCQGA8eIGsC6zJw8Qha4Cgky-9JPghilVoPK5r6l4yKayEJiLUBRmbovhyFIzlcbeTTZOUrSKJFIObP7wtL5OPSBU1nsbj3gbea_Y_0s7As4EZD7xHPPvGUPnNam8OKDbCuBodQ/s1600/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnP_YrKCQGA8eIGsC6zJw8Qha4Cgky-9JPghilVoPK5r6l4yKayEJiLUBRmbovhyFIzlcbeTTZOUrSKJFIObP7wtL5OPSBU1nsbj3gbea_Y_0s7As4EZD7xHPPvGUPnNam8OKDbCuBodQ/s400/28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overlooking the <a href="http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/The-History/The-Battles/Battle-of-Port-Republic">Battle of Port Republic</a> Battlefield.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EB5capdYyPiQ_f-Kuom4puc_t04V6MbrD80Bw77RSv4a1aInmp4ah6WByJxBAaeT2aI_v3NjBTcXKF21JWBtGtxY2AZnod3oWCycUKxSK2ve5UXM9_355s4xD8ydJOf0G6HrfYVcbbyy/s1600/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EB5capdYyPiQ_f-Kuom4puc_t04V6MbrD80Bw77RSv4a1aInmp4ah6WByJxBAaeT2aI_v3NjBTcXKF21JWBtGtxY2AZnod3oWCycUKxSK2ve5UXM9_355s4xD8ydJOf0G6HrfYVcbbyy/s400/30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blue Ridge Mountains at the edge of western boundary of Shenandoah National Park.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />October 27, 2013

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SWAC Son and I were on a mission Sunday. With our Nikon cameras in hand, we headed out looking for photo moments along the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and up to the edges of Shenandoah National Park. He is like his mom ... he enjoys capturing pi…

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Leaf peeping on the back roads of Rockingham County

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Blue Ridge Mountains fall in Shenandoah Valley October leaf looking Rockingham County tourism Virginia Is For Lovers Leaf peeping on the back roads of Rockingham County

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Grand Caverns

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It's the southern fork of the Shenandoah River.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8md8_pEourGBdNX_dJ_HVM6WVWIFDquJDNMvkT-NhZuaavN0xoF7wUc7qKhOttv6nILtvcZlUpqJlI2TgeNvUjfy5HzdR-KUirdSbhpgmdslQTdQfz4CB9_mkXcS5kc6jV8fS4HWgIfS/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8md8_pEourGBdNX_dJ_HVM6WVWIFDquJDNMvkT-NhZuaavN0xoF7wUc7qKhOttv6nILtvcZlUpqJlI2TgeNvUjfy5HzdR-KUirdSbhpgmdslQTdQfz4CB9_mkXcS5kc6jV8fS4HWgIfS/s400/17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswbzZfRIZIBGPtG-U1ODvvH2JofDKqhU-4I2lt_WzUZsaBGGDfezZd9_2v77zjiGNS9f3Tc9XJdHvRUwedMIT0OOdRUsdvyZLPYBd6UEvDxYRl0VqF6d2DUsOxGbqjJpEtJ766kck5hdB/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX64IzxgrP0VZY6oAkKs-T2gDwrkSG_SRj1YCJ5bfxPhSDOzdP0a99tdJQNTlaGOi_NNLal9mLwCumXMs0MFv7ZS6Fnc8YmcfWMWKMQjBHU5JbeFEPHTejfivNwPqRebNQdKCgwVlLiuyB/s400/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/07/jurassic-park-in-augusta-county.html">Jurassic Park at Grand Caverns?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYmA27NvtMz9_V-mEkPCGYZNMBmPgBapON120Undu4vgwT5wDVSNVaYiSz9RYs1_IupIb0EQZ9yals___M3Oq-Xxzpt6aSIF_RaWB6NeuyMS1_hWPfYGcSDKI2ifAlQKb7xTuFXbVF3V4/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYmA27NvtMz9_V-mEkPCGYZNMBmPgBapON120Undu4vgwT5wDVSNVaYiSz9RYs1_IupIb0EQZ9yals___M3Oq-Xxzpt6aSIF_RaWB6NeuyMS1_hWPfYGcSDKI2ifAlQKb7xTuFXbVF3V4/s400/21.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Grand Caverns</a><br />- <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-2012-20-things-to-do-in-and.html">October 2012 ... 20 things to do in and around Staunton</a><br /><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />September 12, 2013

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South River borders Grand Caverns Park. It's the southern fork of the Shenandoah River.Jurassic Park at Grand Caverns?Related posts:- Augusta County gives Grand Caverns to Grottoes- Shenandoah's South River ... Grand Caverns- October 2012 ... 20 thin…

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Adventures with Barb: Rockingham County and Liskey's sweet corn

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK63OoE824NXRDooU8CQz5sLvIZKWlyr6xPYTMnfKGtQGeNThyphenhyphenXrJVVCSNxNqZGHsI3CFiIKj8i-NMRFqgqxjRJD8NM3qxY10YaSfk1CaVhIE-5A9Y_codk3PQ1cRlQueCL1lbylfqvJLd/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK63OoE824NXRDooU8CQz5sLvIZKWlyr6xPYTMnfKGtQGeNThyphenhyphenXrJVVCSNxNqZGHsI3CFiIKj8i-NMRFqgqxjRJD8NM3qxY10YaSfk1CaVhIE-5A9Y_codk3PQ1cRlQueCL1lbylfqvJLd/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It was pouring rain in the Shenandoah Valley today but that didn't stop my friend Barb and me from heading north to Rockingham County for some Liskey's sweet corn straight out of the field. Their popular roadside stand is usually packed with vehicles as consumers from near and far stop to buy some of the freshest, just-out-of-the-field corn around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdAmBxEgElkq3C94JsV5CXH5vr21HWd_v0zO_a09TQCc_HH-vxaOWZsvsizewQougyG_Y6z236Ne-kWokR0JQmtOJyVcXEXLV5nxwKXKGrOUP3aRyAr9lePxoNKoTjAj5I_SbnJdeO8yW/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdAmBxEgElkq3C94JsV5CXH5vr21HWd_v0zO_a09TQCc_HH-vxaOWZsvsizewQougyG_Y6z236Ne-kWokR0JQmtOJyVcXEXLV5nxwKXKGrOUP3aRyAr9lePxoNKoTjAj5I_SbnJdeO8yW/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfOZkWPaxVC8_HfA3AYJidYRwmwhOpsKqdrpcFfvT9Pum5829uZ_w334JD-sV4MZl9cDjRpH2NI5WHOIS3xNxDW1GcdoVy0ciJnJI3wxR5uPHcqOavfgPEtyMR6dwMcebmzT0W_ItckGC/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfOZkWPaxVC8_HfA3AYJidYRwmwhOpsKqdrpcFfvT9Pum5829uZ_w334JD-sV4MZl9cDjRpH2NI5WHOIS3xNxDW1GcdoVy0ciJnJI3wxR5uPHcqOavfgPEtyMR6dwMcebmzT0W_ItckGC/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Today's fog and heavy rain made it a quiet adventure today since we were the only ones under the tent picking through a heaping mound of corn as we looked for big, just-right ears. Together we bought five dozen -- some for friends, some for family, some for freezing, some for eating.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBOzo-sCVTv25IxJJgYVcY_ZLpTQGxMhKdXX8NGXgLoXNPbT9KkU01prna8KA5m4Wvf2IZzRhl7P__R6sMNYE8o1nBrc_I9pRLdwuQhMw93THS724QnFKshYG_gH61IWPXFJCNSPmxEMp/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBOzo-sCVTv25IxJJgYVcY_ZLpTQGxMhKdXX8NGXgLoXNPbT9KkU01prna8KA5m4Wvf2IZzRhl7P__R6sMNYE8o1nBrc_I9pRLdwuQhMw93THS724QnFKshYG_gH61IWPXFJCNSPmxEMp/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfvi0zppLs_PaQPvOpAPeo4U9mp64RJQmuY_ecM_noO_Ut34uHzUFChz2DoDLksTuN8fCGzOOAceXtaMau2smHB3JJCBvn7QNBMMWW7uaWqZF_c0EnxkNCLpwG332dTTLwm000fGuuWUq/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfvi0zppLs_PaQPvOpAPeo4U9mp64RJQmuY_ecM_noO_Ut34uHzUFChz2DoDLksTuN8fCGzOOAceXtaMau2smHB3JJCBvn7QNBMMWW7uaWqZF_c0EnxkNCLpwG332dTTLwm000fGuuWUq/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6hNocjMSi7uWwsa1tQu0BVxygaK5piRIUcwd7mLrLXkiM8EWABGmTcuFOcF__yAHenx0bJAGvAPxxs7hk-HXvmoMC3xAK5XTMdFAB2W6nLhW-kgkAxWi5TsMNDk-Ll08b5bi5d_ZzENe/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6hNocjMSi7uWwsa1tQu0BVxygaK5piRIUcwd7mLrLXkiM8EWABGmTcuFOcF__yAHenx0bJAGvAPxxs7hk-HXvmoMC3xAK5XTMdFAB2W6nLhW-kgkAxWi5TsMNDk-Ll08b5bi5d_ZzENe/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />By 10:30 some of the ears I had purchased were shucked and boiling on my stove. We had corn for lunch and corn for dinner. <i>Yum.</i><br /><br />As we drove back through the rain and fog to Augusta with our prized ears, I told Barb about a growing-up memory when I was a little girl in Chesterfield County. My mom and aunt would buy dozens of ears of corn on the cob, parboil it, and slice it off the cobs into freezer bags for good winter eating. My sister and I would sit eagerly at the table waiting for leftover cobs that had just enough of the good kernels left for nibbling. That was some <i>gooood</i> eating. Barb has done her share of putting up corn in the freezer, too.<br /><br />Memories and summertime corn. It was all good today.<br /><br />The Liskeys have been growing and selling corn for 29 years. Mrs. Liskey said they will be there for another 10 days or so and then that will be it for this year. With Labor Day cookouts this weekend, you may want to get some for the grill.<br /><br />The stand is on Rt. 11 just south of the Rockingham Farmers Market (with the windmills) and is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Corn is priced $5.50/dozen, $3/half dozen, and $0.50 an ear. The fields surround the stand ... it is as fresh as it can be -- picked each morning. Their phone number is 540.434.2196.<br /><br />Summer and corn-on-the-cob. As Andy Griffith would say, "Hmm, hmm, good!"<br /><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />August 28, 2013

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 It was pouring rain in the Shenandoah Valley today but that didn't stop my friend Barb and me from heading north to Rockingham County for some Liskey's sweet corn straight out of the field. Their popular roadside stand is usually packed with vehi…

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Rockingham County on a rainy afternoon

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