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Virginia's mountains in July

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xoWuSJ-RGwWA-bj-MAX3JY7Q1EEHN3nruC001I3m3TAQFsALAhTHRQCodUNVo5gyd8pEIe682wolnVURmHTlFR30Nn76lCu9tCFkrXlQw-yOvnET9XP2cnL2sgGCNo762_Hr5EORFM6O/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/AVvXsEi2xoWuSJ-RGwWA-bj-MAX3JY7Q1EEHN3nruC001I3m3TAQFsALAhTHRQCodUNVo5gyd8pEIe682wolnVURmHTlFR30Nn76lCu9tCFkrXlQw-yOvnET9XP2cnL2sgGCNo762_Hr5EORFM6O/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">“Thousands  of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out  going to the mountains is going home...." --John Muir</span></span><br /></div><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Shenandoah National Park<br />July 26, 2013

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home...." --John M...

Unpaved Blue Ridge Parkway

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Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway western Virginia Unpaved Blue Ridge Parkway

Paving is underway on the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Afton. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell July 11, 2013

Storm clouds over the Blue Ridge Mountains

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcPMmmuNxleOtVn4OurySgMCBMfwM2KMLsubIrCVrP5LxAL7J6Ff6ZXeew-FeEuqTQTDWOCJfFa2JO_3AGYgp5nexSs5NlaY5BoNnk4ZccEQMKKK9_ootxQXLWX01n0lHJt1hpYRsvph_/s800/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcPMmmuNxleOtVn4OurySgMCBMfwM2KMLsubIrCVrP5LxAL7J6Ff6ZXeew-FeEuqTQTDWOCJfFa2JO_3AGYgp5nexSs5NlaY5BoNnk4ZccEQMKKK9_ootxQXLWX01n0lHJt1hpYRsvph_/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Storm clouds gather over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Photos were taken from Weyers Cave.</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/AVvXsEhDRP8cAjuqJeL0sIEsYc-6DpHpqQOTBx-gRWoJ8pGShIAmUMCyom8DTC6J7ru5InztKmz6CH70AKnriB7IeMzLc5rFCFqCkgUz_sXijEtOeF91fwneAFJTXzl0BLarxf5CDxh8PQ9tz6_l/s800/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRP8cAjuqJeL0sIEsYc-6DpHpqQOTBx-gRWoJ8pGShIAmUMCyom8DTC6J7ru5InztKmz6CH70AKnriB7IeMzLc5rFCFqCkgUz_sXijEtOeF91fwneAFJTXzl0BLarxf5CDxh8PQ9tz6_l/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvu1fRsQH6GolyOwwPFcPpTQTrqP1xOksEKCtWRn-1hfPPLaaGjQFPgp4Zx9vECSKVJtpsaFHl9C1FpvGUEuhoIK7ZcxKGUAkEXLyTHJXdk5GF1k66z7YGtn-s_gaI7eKyh9d_VxCd0gf8/s800/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvu1fRsQH6GolyOwwPFcPpTQTrqP1xOksEKCtWRn-1hfPPLaaGjQFPgp4Zx9vECSKVJtpsaFHl9C1FpvGUEuhoIK7ZcxKGUAkEXLyTHJXdk5GF1k66z7YGtn-s_gaI7eKyh9d_VxCd0gf8/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/AVvXsEjDfriWFGDwm4PJQz32Be4GsCFLtu_QSDu1-HKy1KY9ZXtWfqAyY6qJLwuYnp6MWDPmtOB3lbSkggkz5dFKDhTf5OswoiAu6P50XhzMg1IEDROIJi5PmGb7lyGXOd3rvynsk1qrb5J4TBRU/s800/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfriWFGDwm4PJQz32Be4GsCFLtu_QSDu1-HKy1KY9ZXtWfqAyY6qJLwuYnp6MWDPmtOB3lbSkggkz5dFKDhTf5OswoiAu6P50XhzMg1IEDROIJi5PmGb7lyGXOd3rvynsk1qrb5J4TBRU/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />June 28, 2013

Augusta County Blue Ridge Mountains storm clouds western Virginia Weyers Cave Storm clouds over the Blue Ridge Mountains

Storm clouds gather over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Photos were taken from Weyers Cave. Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell June 28, 2013

Sunday sunset

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Appalachian Mountains Augusta County Shenandoah Valley sunset western Virginia Sunday sunset

Sunday sunset over the Appalachian Mountains. Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell June 30, 2013

Meandering

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClm2ZkZhLXg4HS04LEVGIcgu_Fc_VTfG98AnlstsBHUfsuLQ2_07YZdbwYvrIbvK2mk4W1Jvwap_Y1KZP9Zm5HhF89XSra-Jrh2AnXJ6h2DU4pmOAbmiMWineXcQscQecBievdHC7fvPE/s800/36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClm2ZkZhLXg4HS04LEVGIcgu_Fc_VTfG98AnlstsBHUfsuLQ2_07YZdbwYvrIbvK2mk4W1Jvwap_Y1KZP9Zm5HhF89XSra-Jrh2AnXJ6h2DU4pmOAbmiMWineXcQscQecBievdHC7fvPE/s400/36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> While driving to Churchville recently for a meeting at the library, I took photos of the "neighborhood," that area west of Staunton that I call home. This is a neighbor's driveway.</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/AVvXsEiXuiOkgY0CmRujNjD7vLnFAvnUSddZOCEBCNx244_SxUtJG6d4gNfgPdN59AChkaoQ6QfPlBOWsPlGNG-2WxQpbjk6TvVDYu8Qa_apREOpZ0-79O9qMlyij2vf0d09m5D8-lR34fdK8m1v/s800/37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuiOkgY0CmRujNjD7vLnFAvnUSddZOCEBCNx244_SxUtJG6d4gNfgPdN59AChkaoQ6QfPlBOWsPlGNG-2WxQpbjk6TvVDYu8Qa_apREOpZ0-79O9qMlyij2vf0d09m5D8-lR34fdK8m1v/s400/37.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Looking west toward Elliott's Knob and Buffalo Gap.</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/AVvXsEjZeqaYmT8KoShfcKFXiLroc31OY1MkCtrjJT3N1gGyH4Nr42yWKaGwYvnZVSHOKkMmdhe1t-glxndnPGzLTecWaZodWtaNflqr9ZKide9KsmGqrQyjASUoP82lWBaJAcVqNRJr_U_yRjE-/s800/38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mitchell<br />June 27, 2013

Augusta County Buffalo Gap Churchville Elliott's Knob western Virginia Meandering

While driving to Churchville recently for a meeting at the library, I took photos of the "neighborhood," that area west of Staunt...

Hay season

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhuHHG2UyFItCnnmJCmqkBjoMhjoKuxe80vYUMLchR75J8ODJJHT1LtG_eE52HHg-_EmVs21Qj6wkxQC-aMRXVR0a2_y_J-43hNReqyf8iMwC0fVK7sShAeqI8Y2FVYK2-Sbbgu0S1wrn/s800/33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhuHHG2UyFItCnnmJCmqkBjoMhjoKuxe80vYUMLchR75J8ODJJHT1LtG_eE52HHg-_EmVs21Qj6wkxQC-aMRXVR0a2_y_J-43hNReqyf8iMwC0fVK7sShAeqI8Y2FVYK2-Sbbgu0S1wrn/s400/33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's hay season. I enjoy sitting on my porch and watching as they bale.</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/AVvXsEjz7dTEecoz3J238vosdm0R9NxZZjs3FtxBMRPAuAJhWO0hSkBloXs9NSljRq6_-QlrHwZ_7km7v_LPvE28uI2qIRYixX19Gd_BnhyphenhyphenJVzXJVoUOGZaAfb4HlQ1UdPo-G1FWkASKfUPkJWBf/s800/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7dTEecoz3J238vosdm0R9NxZZjs3FtxBMRPAuAJhWO0hSkBloXs9NSljRq6_-QlrHwZ_7km7v_LPvE28uI2qIRYixX19Gd_BnhyphenhyphenJVzXJVoUOGZaAfb4HlQ1UdPo-G1FWkASKfUPkJWBf/s400/34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6FFcDCnCIVO8z01hmwpZ8EmGEP-NUNPKtn0611vGVMcmchWN1hIRFge-h2smPdnybuFhQ-8hgBBTgXNpKFEUBGi128q4jB-3l_yvfhnDQACiq_et71yTsFlSKwnTZUiA1DGrNVy9TtZ4/s800/44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6FFcDCnCIVO8z01hmwpZ8EmGEP-NUNPKtn0611vGVMcmchWN1hIRFge-h2smPdnybuFhQ-8hgBBTgXNpKFEUBGi128q4jB-3l_yvfhnDQACiq_et71yTsFlSKwnTZUiA1DGrNVy9TtZ4/s400/44.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKgQXF3h_xyX215iQNakdmVpHTsmHchkRInb_rgeqNxLsnog2_xqZwGsW2k1VilPldWGY_Wymyw0ep-I7QMpRt9dYr_W5iSiCc-1nyzaFuAUnkiVL5ut2iYsv0uBFvzEyoDuxatRVNndl/s800/45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKgQXF3h_xyX215iQNakdmVpHTsmHchkRInb_rgeqNxLsnog2_xqZwGsW2k1VilPldWGY_Wymyw0ep-I7QMpRt9dYr_W5iSiCc-1nyzaFuAUnkiVL5ut2iYsv0uBFvzEyoDuxatRVNndl/s400/45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFzBbRk6azOWXnyd4ucly76eciJHVamUvco1CDW3v2x55iIYOTYoPAc2Es0TE3M1qWkX_DtXWDwFY2xqRr6e5A-NQt5p-7cS_8_TFFzWiDGXP7ajnLkBar0VZ40DMz5WVd7ZAHg6fBoUt/s800/32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFzBbRk6azOWXnyd4ucly76eciJHVamUvco1CDW3v2x55iIYOTYoPAc2Es0TE3M1qWkX_DtXWDwFY2xqRr6e5A-NQt5p-7cS_8_TFFzWiDGXP7ajnLkBar0VZ40DMz5WVd7ZAHg6fBoUt/s400/32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />June 28, 2013

Augusta County farmers hay season Shenandoah Valley western Virginia Hay season

It's hay season. I enjoy sitting on my porch and watching as they bale. Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell June 28, 2013

From my yard: thunderstorms rolling (again) into Augusta County

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38s9yzCo_xwagei7yC4rdZDEtXB1ZCfXxNZGVb5RZLU_y1RQ2rAykCJN5BHLHFz7m0D9cJFS3T50p5BoyzIUhZvGrGEjBiOpwp1Ep_U5Uw6itCBjYp6fCW-qHDSA3sFSPomaOilbRUsp0/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38s9yzCo_xwagei7yC4rdZDEtXB1ZCfXxNZGVb5RZLU_y1RQ2rAykCJN5BHLHFz7m0D9cJFS3T50p5BoyzIUhZvGrGEjBiOpwp1Ep_U5Uw6itCBjYp6fCW-qHDSA3sFSPomaOilbRUsp0/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The sky west of us was black as the latest round of thunderstorms approached around 3:45 this afternoon. This is looking northwest from our yard.</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/AVvXsEjmlaADpyXIi-e6ECf8Cd-42aJUbHd4xc8Lg5g35dEdmXLZyu7FR97HEr0QifEQ794YtG0ZSCA6lrUwDyMTe7PWZDShMxTT-HMRpqNb8LOnzvBNx6DCjVHpv9UCt8JR-NYIFXgb9-xBhuNa/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlaADpyXIi-e6ECf8Cd-42aJUbHd4xc8Lg5g35dEdmXLZyu7FR97HEr0QifEQ794YtG0ZSCA6lrUwDyMTe7PWZDShMxTT-HMRpqNb8LOnzvBNx6DCjVHpv9UCt8JR-NYIFXgb9-xBhuNa/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The is looking southwest.</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/AVvXsEimcXDyY9ekIJAJYa-teM-Yw9cgGr4hajT3KVtLKhqyD1ErorpBXZ-b4yQ15j4w5mcxPQSN6yFnA5_bwcYCP10iColhdqK5RdCGv8oZn1y9djFKFtFWlOKN155vlN90CcqAaUumuB3TWueN/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcXDyY9ekIJAJYa-teM-Yw9cgGr4hajT3KVtLKhqyD1ErorpBXZ-b4yQ15j4w5mcxPQSN6yFnA5_bwcYCP10iColhdqK5RdCGv8oZn1y9djFKFtFWlOKN155vlN90CcqAaUumuB3TWueN/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is looking south.</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/AVvXsEh7nLDdMTJOAAaY9otVUoCIaq68FEbTRI5j2fyiR4l0DqMJunr7aLp6u7S9gPmVlJwd1JBewKeHU_W-_P7n37iWANDEgv1_2ti5sxMbqAul74IPCFspmVF6_kKcv1hx3CvVoVGGlW9xMgzH/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nLDdMTJOAAaY9otVUoCIaq68FEbTRI5j2fyiR4l0DqMJunr7aLp6u7S9gPmVlJwd1JBewKeHU_W-_P7n37iWANDEgv1_2ti5sxMbqAul74IPCFspmVF6_kKcv1hx3CvVoVGGlW9xMgzH/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Northwest ...</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/AVvXsEiUO-s90_1Ru3Jy0r5uPWX3SEsFrjVO7yM5RcIImMXja8CiHCyoiOpvnbPXej5Zblp7nxlCWXJD7KeBdSoYVw3f3WdZJIlQUDUHnCzzhgjUXlsfBgdmVv5LtI1tsp_nJLR_7AhPa6FCZJjN/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO-s90_1Ru3Jy0r5uPWX3SEsFrjVO7yM5RcIImMXja8CiHCyoiOpvnbPXej5Zblp7nxlCWXJD7KeBdSoYVw3f3WdZJIlQUDUHnCzzhgjUXlsfBgdmVv5LtI1tsp_nJLR_7AhPa6FCZJjN/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">... and north-northeast.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />June 10, 2013