Category Blue Ridge Parkway

Traveling Hopefully

So I had this notion a month or so back that my experience as teacher, speaker, field trip leader and engaged citizen would mesh nicely before small groups of folks who come to Floyd County lacking any depth to our…

Blue Ridge Parkway in Bloom

native pink azalea on the blue ridge parkway, Floyd County Virginia

I’m hoping I’ll have a reason to travel to Chateau Morrisette this week (to leave note cards for sale in the Winery Tasting Room store.) The native pink azaleas (Pinxter Flower, or Rhododendron nudiflorum as I learned it, now R.…

Mabry’s Then and Now

I can’t remember the trail that led me to it, but browsing across it brought back a number of pleasant memories from 2004. The piece I happened upon in the Blue Ridge Country Magazine online was about the Mabry’s  who…

One Flower and a Bee

One of the recurrent pleasures of nature-focused photography is that it gives you excuses to do things a grown man would not ordinarily do. Had one of the several Parkway motorists who passed me on my knees in a field…

Natural Resources

I am pleased to know that this Blue Ridge Parkway image from Floyd County near Tuggles Gap MP 166 will be included in the upcoming 2009 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation calendar. More details about how and where you can obtain…