Ferrum foliage

I took this picture this morning at Ferrum college. The mountian is right behind one of the sports fields behind the college. The area all around Ferrum looks like this now. The foliage is finally entering the scene in this part of Virginia.

hint of fall

There is a hint of fall in the background of this picture. I really liked the way this picture turned out. If you look closely you can see the sunrays.

typical Virginia scenery

This is a typical scene found in rural central and southwestern Virgina. A few cows grazing in a nice green pasture with mountains for a backdrop. As you can see the foliage here is yet to peak. This particular picture was taken in Franklin County Virginia, near Boones Mill. It is only about 10 miles or so south of where the Blue Ridge Parkway passes by Roanoke.

2 horses

The foliage hasn't come around for us yet, but the scenery is still hard to beat here in southwest Virginia

Went out looking around at the foliage today, There is still not much change, but here is a picture of a brilliant red maple.

lone maple

Went out looking around at the foliage today. Still not much change but here is a picture of a lone brilliant red maple.

green scenery

As you can see the foliage here has barely begun to change. Things are still pretty green. The rain has subsided finally. Locally here we got about 11 inches in 3 days. We really needed the rain, but it is somewhat of a pain when it all comes that quickly. Luckily there was only local flash flooding, but nothing really serious.
Hopefully this rain will bring the onset of some nice fall foliage shortly. The temperatures are going to drop pretty sharply according to the weather forecast over the next few days at night. That should spark the onset of colors.

rain rain rain

I was up near the Blue Ridge parkway earlier today with intentions of capturing some photos of the fall foilage. Unfortunately for the pictures, it was raining so hard it was useless to try. We need the rain very badly in this area though, so we cannot complain.

We are lucky here in Virginia. The scenery is not limited to one type of landscape. On the west side of Virginia we have the Blue Ridge Mountains, which produce some of the most beautiful fall foilage anywhere, making the drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway a sight to behold.

To the east, we have the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Chesepeake Bay, which has a host of rivers flowing into it that is home to an amazing variety of aquatic life. Talk about fresh crab, it doesn't get any fresher than this.

Now don't get me wrong, this mild weather is nice, but here it is the end of October and the temperature is still in the high 70's in southern Virginia. It is seriously interfering with my hunting. I'm about ready for a day like the picture here. The
scenery takes on a whole new life when it is snow covered like this.

Virginia has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, especially this time of year (fall). Unfortunately, this year we have been deprived from the much needed rain that normally produces the brilliant foilage on the trees. The temperatures
have been quite a bit above normal as well, that normally triggers the onset of the leaves changing colors. However I am keeping the faith that the beautiful Virginia scenery will come, albeit a bit delayed.

flyover

Every fall this guy flys over on a little ultralight of some sort. I can just imagine the scenic views that he gets from up there. Just watching him is a beautiful sight to see. This too is taken from my house.

sky on fire

This photo was taken as a storm was brewing right before dark. It literally looks like the sky was on fire. What an amazing sunset.

Virginia scenery

I will be posting some pictures of the beautiful scenery that is created by the onset of fall here in Virgina shortly, as well as some other interesting photos of the scenery available to all those blessed enough to visit our great state of Virginia.