Jeff and I drove out to the Blue Ridge Mountains on 10/22/11 to check out the fall foliage. We decided to head south of interstate 64, on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our first stop was Humpback Rocks. We’d been there once before, but it was several years ago. The climb up was a bit tougher …
Abandoned tracks from the logging railroad through the Blue Ridge mountains. 10/22/11
End of the tracks. Part of the old logging railroad that ran through the Blue Ridge mountains. 10/22/11
Fungus on a tree; Blue Ridge Parkway, 10/22/11
Tiny, yellow Snowflake Roses at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White Orchids at The Orchids Galore! exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Tiger Crow Orchid at The Orchids Galore! exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White tulips and yellow daffodils signal that Spring is in the air at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
White tulip stands tall at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Japanese Maple leaves at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
Red & yellow variegated tulips at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 4/17/11.
A sliver of moon peaks out over Turtle Bay, Oahu, 7/13/10.
A bee stops to rest on a plant, Maui, 7/7/10.
A newly formed bloom on an unknown plant, Maui, 7/7/10.
Purple blooms from a flowering Silversword found on Haleakal, Maui, 7/5/10.
Stalks of bamboo on Maui, 7/4/10.
Holly tree in our yard after the big snowstorm, 12/19/09.
Sun starting to set behind a tree at the Grand Canyon, 11/23/09.
Cotton-like plants found along a trail off Skyline Drive, 10/25/09.
Passion flower at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 9/20/09.