blue
orange
duotone
drop

Things are getting brown, dreary as fall exits and winter enters.
Canadian geese   still lovely   old dock   thumb

The originals were very dark as these were taken at dusk..I tried to lighten them up without losing the color or compromising the quality..let me know how I did and what I can do better...thanks.

Just some macros of interesting fall stuff.
hanging around.  touch of color    alien pod?   shroom

Pansies are one of my favorite flowers and its great they bloom all winter long in Virginia.

orange
dark blue
white
soft blue
sparkle  

There are very few people I consider my hero and my father is one of them. He celebrated another birthday yesterday and I just wanted to share some of my favorite pictures of him.
on the rocks
tomatoes
These hands have seen a lot of hard work. And finally, a restful place on the WV farm.

These are shots of my granddaughter, Abbi and my niece Lily playing in the leaves..time to get out the rake.
Abbi 1
Abbi 2
Abbi 3  
Lily is really photogenic.
Both

These were taken right off the Colonial Parkway, near Williamsburg.
1
2
3
4
thumb

My daughter Maggie would have been 11 years old today. I miss her and cherish the two years we had together. Remembering Maggie is celebrating Peace
 Hope and Love.  
 

We had a heavy frost just last week, thanks Ash for the perfect challenge.

frosted flower   frosted leaves   frosted wheat ( non edible)  frosted leaves 2

but still beautiful, that's wild wonderful West Virginia.
valley  fence
barn and fence
hayroll  
a friend  

This guy looks pretty rough, needs a haircut, braids and a nice bow.

Which pose do you like best left or right front view  just my nose or will your choice be all of me?

Nothing too exciting...these are near my in laws' house, way out in the middle of nowhere...
soybean field   tobacco barn    another tobacco barn the watcher

I tried to take some shots of ordinary woodsy stuff. Hopefully with unusual angles the ordinary becomes well, maybe not extraordinary, but a bit different anyway.
leaf and needles   moss  knotted     and hanging around  

ClassyShots. I obviously don't have the set up, but using my faucet, flower, water and trusy macro lens this is what I was able to get. These are handheld...which is amazing given all the coffee I had earlier.
big drop   top drop   on flower drop and finally  side drop

These were all taken yesterday, but turned out to be a mixed bag of stuff...
Bella
tree
rake
tailpipe

...now if only I can figure which side of my camera is up...