I thought these clouds made for an interesting picture this morning. My son made the comment they looked like a bunch of cotton balls.

My favorite season is once again rapidly approaching. The nights and mornings are starting to have that cool crisp feeling, and the brilliant fall colors are once again about to paint the scenery here in Virginia, and it goes without saying that I am eagerly awaiting the opening of hunting season. I am going to try to be a bit more diligent with the updating of this blog this season, so check back often. Big deer and brilliant colors to come.

kite festival in Martinsville

Well, spring is upon us finally. I can't wait. My son and I attended a kite festival today in Martinsville, VA. It was a perfect day for it. Good breeze and mid 60's. There were all kinds of interesting kites there from elaborate to home made. A good time was had by all, and it's easy to tell that people are ready for springtime. I know I am.

October in Virginia

One of my favorite times of the year is upon us. The nights and mornings are nice and chilly. The leaves are about to change and give us a magnificent show that I never grow tired of enjoying, and hunting season has begun.

According to the Virginia Dept of Forestry, the peak time to enjoy the colors of fall in the mountains of Virginia and along the parkway this year is going to be mid to late October. They also have some links to some routes to take in different regions.

If you have never taken a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the fall to witness this firsthand you should definitely take some time out of your busy schedules to do so. You won't be disappointed.

Oh..and happy hunting!! Hopefully there will be some pictures of some nice whitetail bucks here shortly.

Virginia sunset after storm

We just had some pretty severe storms role through southwest Virginia. Luckily, little damage was done locally that I am aware of, however as the sky started to clear and the the fog was rising through the mountain valleys, it made for a very nice sunset in the area.

Okay, okay, I know this is not Virgina but it is in our neighboring state North Carolina. I recently went to Nags Head with my family and got some really amazing pictures of the sunrise. The scenery in North Carolina is very similar to Virginia.

Roanoke Virginia

Here are a couple shots overlooking downtown Roanoke. The view from atop Mill Mountain is great.

big deer Franklin County Virginia

Here is a picture of a huge deer killed in Franklin County Virginia hardly a mile from my house a few days ago. It is a main frame 8 pointer, but I hear it had 16 counting all the smaller kickers. It's hard to count them from the pictures. This thing is a monster, and I hear it scored 216. Congrats to the hunter. That's one to be proud of.

It looks a lot like the same deer I have been seeing for a couple years around that area but I never could get him. If it is the same one he was pretty much nocturnal the last couple years it seemed to me. The one I saw came out only about an hour after dark on a pretty regular basis, and where he was coming from was difficult to get to.