White Rock Road ~ Rockbridge County, VA

Different Views Driving in the Rain

“I find peace in the rain.”

~Anonymous

I had to go into town this morning, so on the way home I decided to take the "road less traveled that just happens to come out very

close to our place. It was pouring rain, but I did not care. Genie was a woman on a mission...to take photos. That is NOT snow you are seeing...it is rain on the lens...UGH! The mountains were socked in so I could see little but fog and rain.

  

Fence~Bench~Bike

Bud and I visit the track at my old school on a daily basis. This is one of the benches where students and walkers/runners rest from time to time. It is where Buddy usually parks his bike. He rides the 7 miles down to the track and back to the house, and I drive the car. 

He’s the gutsy one. I’m the old wimp.

I walk a mile or two, and then I rest :-) It was windy and cold this afternoon. Bud ran in shorts, and I am bundled up as I always am.

This post it linked with Friday Fences and Weekend in Black and White.

Spider Webs Galore

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and Weekend in Black and White.

Fences at Highland Belle

 Fencing and Gate Leaving Highland Belle

 Central Office for Rockbridge County Schools~Former Highland Belle Middle School

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Views from our Neighborhood Track

Views Taken Walking Track at Former Highland Belle Middle School

Now COW ~ Central Office West for Rockbridge County Schools

SOOC

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Manipulating Light on Chrome

"All water has a perfect memory 
and is forever trying to get back to where it was."

~Tony Morrison

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Fencing at Highland Belle

Buddy now rides his trusty bike the 7 miles from the house to my old school track, and then he runs the track for heaven only knows how long. After that he rides back to the house. During this time I am sitting on our front porch drinking coffee and listening to the creek. 


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Old Fountain

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“Texture Thursday"

and

“Vintage Thingy Thursday."

School Gate Lock on a Foggy Morning

Every morning I go to the old Highland Belle school to walk the track for two miles before the long drive to school. It is what I call my “Morning Constitutional"...aka..."Solving the problems of the world.” Since the building is no longer a school but rather the central office for our school system,  the entrance is locked every night. Today it was really foggy out, and for some reason I decided to hang my Canon around my neck just in case I saw something interesting. Sure enough I spotted this lock and chain which I can now add to my pictures of  “mundane” things that sometimes do very big jobs. I cannot tell you why, but I am enamored with them and will photograph them very chance I get.

It rained cats and dogs all night long so everything was soggy when I got to the old track.

As I said before, it was really foggy. If you look hard enough you can see the outline of a tree on the hill. Also, look at the the second board from the top of the wooden fence and you will see the chain


HAPPY HUMP DAY TO ALL OF YOU

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Black and White Wednesday ~ With Me as a Mother and
Black andWhite Wednesday ~ Like Christmas Everyday  

Sunrise at Big Spring

When I used to walk out the door of my old country middle school, Highland Belle, this is the lake I would see. It is known as Big Spring. Now, that Highland Belle is the Central Office for the Rockbridge County School System, I get to see it at sunrise as I am picking up the mail to drive it to work with me. Last week I had the special treat of being there just as the foggy haze was beginning to lift from over the lake. These are SOOC.

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Daily Photo ~ The Creative Exchange ~ 6-11-11

My Field of Dreams

This is that magical place along my morning route to work where I am always stopping to take pictures. The snows are gone, flowers are in bloom, but there is still that frequent fog. This shot will be the end for a while as Monday is my last teacher work day for this year. I will not be back on this path until the end of August. 

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

~Epicurus(greek philosopher, BC 341-270


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Weekend Reflections ~ 4-23-11

Gate Closed!

"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if 

we were looking through the gates of Heaven.”
~John Lubbock

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Skywatch Friday ~ 4-15-11

“V” is for Victory

Sunrise behind Highland Belle School

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
~Pablo Picasso

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Daily Photo ~ 3-24-11

Country Road


"Take nothing but pictures.
Leave nothing but footprints.
Kill nothing but time.”
~Motto of the Baltimore Grotto, a caving society

Daily Photo ~ 3-9-11

Old Farmhouse at Big Spring

Highland Belle ~ Rockbridge County, VA

Highland Belle Elementary School is where my youngest son went to school, and when it became a middle school I taught there myself. Now the school building is the Central Office for Rockbridge County Schools. Since I am our school’s designated “postal carrier,” I see the school, the mountains surrounding it, the fields, and Big Spring at least once each day. As you walk out of the building the first thing you see is the spring, and it is a gorgeous sight. I photograph it is all kinds of weather and light and love documenting its rural beauty. I am working on putting together a picture album for our school superintendent as a retirement present. I taught his boys, have know him and his family for years, and just thought a collection of shots from around his office would make a really neat and unusual gift. Now you see why these photographs of Big Spring and the school keep popping up on my site. My album is an ongoing work in progress.

That’s My World Tuesday ~ 3-8-11

A Foggy Big Spring at Sunrise

Highland Belle ~ Rockbridge Country, VA

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