4-3-16 ~ A View of the Field and Sky behind Highland Belle

Those of you that have know me for ever so long remember how I would stop at this field on my way to school to take photos of the hay bales and the fence day after day. My favorite tree is directly across the road from this. Well, our electric cooperative, BARC, bought the old school where my children went to school, where I taught, and where I walked the track for years while Budud would run and are putting up a solar field. Everything is different now. No lacrosse or soccer field for the children to use in the afternoons and our track is gone. Still, the field behind the building for now is beautiful, and it was such a pretty day I just had to stop, pause, and remember so many days from the past. 

#27 ~ Jack in His Maze and Other Snow Scenes

Our World Tuesday at Home

Just a little while ago I walked into the living room, and this poor baby is what I found.

What in the world happened to it?

Maybe it hit the door and then Jack messed with it outside. and brought inside. 

The cat does not ever go out.

I tried to get a picture of the yellow on the head so it would help you all to identify it for me.

This always makes me so sad...but NEVER, has one been brought into the house...

that is saved for the mice that the cat catches at night in the lower cabinets.

Yes....We live in a very OLD farmhouse, and you cannot kill all the mice.

 My Favorite Tree in the Snow

 Hay Bales on the Way Home

Whenever we have a large snow, we build Jack a little maze.

I pretend is the one at Hampton Court.

I have never seen a little dog have such a good time...and his Mommy.

 Oops...Buddy, You dead ended me into a big tree. You need to be more careful. 

I could get hurt.

Get out here, please, and fix it for me. This is my peeing tree, duffus.

 The VA Dep’t of Transportation's big gravel pile.

 You can see that they have been moving up and down.

This is our front yard off to the left f the house. I thought the shadows were so cool.

The big field in front of the house with its shadows.

This post is linked with Our World Tuesday 
and

Shadow Shot Sunday 2.

A Variety of Scenes from Rockbridge County

Skywatch Friday

The hale bales and old fence gate behind Highland Belle...my old school.
There were contrails all over the sky going whichaway and that way
but I was unable to get good pictures of them. The sun was blaring down in my eyes, and I did not know where to do to get away from it.

VA Department of Transportation Rock Pile
The crews have already started stockpiling gravel and rock for our icy roads.
and salt for the snowy icey roads that are coming down the pile.

It was such a gorgeous day last week with unusually blue skies blue.

 This shot was taken from the rock pile looking towards the west.

I still love seeing and shooting his tree after many years. 
It is beautiful all year long, and it has become my friend.

Weekend in Black and White

 This is a single rock from the big pile. 

I thought it was so pretty.

 The DMV road rock pile located behind my old Highland  Belle Middle School.

The road crews are stockpiling getting ready for the icey winter roads.

Good Friday Fences
and
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

The buildings of Maple Hall can be seen in the background.

Here are two views of the entrance to maple hall taken about 5:00 in the afternoon on my way home from substituting all day. When I saw the fencing and the shadows with the light as it was, I just had to stop. I adore these old buildings and a trying to learn about each one’s heritage.

Next week I will share with you photos of the actual Maple Hall
which dates back to 1850. My daughter’s wedding reception was held there twenty-five years ago. 


“I love nature.
I love the landscape, because it is so sincere.
It never cheats me.
It never jests.
It is cheerfully, earnest and honest.
~Henry D. Thoreau
~ 10 November 1850

I wish all of you a fun filled, food filled, family filled, 
and love filled  Thanksgiving this 2015.

This post is linked with:

Good Fences

Skywatch Friday

Weekend in Black and White

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Our Scenic Route 60 West

Scenes Up and Down Our Road on Kerrs Creek

 SHEEP

 HORSES

 COWS

ALPACAS

HAY BEING BALED

BAILED HAY

MORE BAILED HAY

TRACTOR AND HAY WAGON BRINGING IN THE HAY

Bud and I have the most beautiful road to drive to and from town. These are the sites we see. They are so relaxing and the temperatures are always cooler by several degrees. We live in a very special place...our little corner of the world.

This post is linked with Our World Tuesday and Scenic Weekends.

Scenes from a Sunday Joy Ride in Rockbridge County

Can anyone tell me how to enable "click on the pictures" to enlarge?

This week in our "Beyond Beyond (BB2) eCourse one of are assignments was to create a custom package in the "Print Mode" of Lightroom. It was such fun and a real learning experience. These photos were taken with my iPhone while I was on my Sunday Joy Ride. After breakfast with Buddy he went to work, and I decided to take the long way home which ended up taking way over an hour because I got lost. I could not believe my eyes. There was still snow on the ground and slushy, icy snow on sections of the road. The real treat was there were few cars on the road, and I was able to stop and takes lots of pictures of different barns in all colors and conditions.

This post is linked with Mosaic Monday and Barn Charm.

So Many Bales

"There is no reason to fear the wind 

if your stack of hay is well tied."

~Irish Saying

This post is linked with "Rural Thursday Blog Hop."

Time for the First Cutting of the Hay

These pictures were taken on my way to school this morning.

Waiting To Be Cut 

Sensabaugh Farm Chicken House in Background

Cut But Not Baled

 Four Completed Bales

Waiting To Start Baling Again


This post is linked with "Our World Tuesday.”

Weekend in Black and White ~ 2-11-12

All Alone

This post is linked with Weekend in Black and White.

Daily Photo and Skywatch Friday ~ 7-1-11

First Cut

These hay bales are in a huge field I pass going to and from work...and they are only the first cut. The stash will be far greater in the weeks to come.


"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.” 

~Dwight D. Eisenhower


This post is linked with Skywatch Friday.

Daily Photo ~ 6-19-11

It’s Bailing Time


"Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.”
~Joe Hill

Daily Photo ~ 6-16-11

Country Air Strip and Hay Field

Four small planes fly in and out of this little airfield which is only about 6 miles from the house. As you can see, it is also a hay field. Guess it was a good thing no one needed to get out today. There was way too much going on for any flight to take off. Enlarge the shot so you can see the planes in the upper left hand corner.

"Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”

~Amelia Earhart

Daily Photo ~ 6-3-11

The Rolled Hay Bales of Virginia


“There is no reason to fear the wind if your stack of hay is well tied.”
~Irish Saying