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Photo of the Day: 1.20.2009

Photo of the Day: 1.20.2009

The view from Afton Mountain on Christmas Eve:

Photo of the Day 12.10.2009

Photo of the Day 12.10.2009

We put some new photos on our photography site! Take a look: www.swartzshots.com
Preview Photo :
James Madison University Campus

Photo of the Day 12.8.2009

Photo of the Day 12.8.2009

Ryan took this photograph in the Arboretum on Saturday. 
The weatherman forecasted 1 to 3 inches of snow for Saturday, but we had a nice surprise of about 7! 
 What a fabulous way to get you in the Christmas spirit!

Chessie the Snowlady in the Edith Carrier Arboretum

Chessie the Snowlady in the Edith Carrier Arboretum

Today, we had the first snowfall of the winter, a gorgeous heavy snowfall.
Ryan and I went to the Edith Carrier Arboretum, at JMU, where we were married last year, sadly the first time we had been there since the wedding.  We had been meaning to go photograph the beautiful setting, and today was the perfect [...]

Photo of the Day 10.14.09

Photo of the Day 10.14.09

The view of the full October moon from our backyard.

Reddish Knob

Reddish Knob

I know, I haven’t finished telling you about Myrtle Beach,
and I haven’t finished telling you about our Honeymoon,
and there are plenty of other things that I have planned to post about. . . .
but I just haven’t gotten around to it.
We have been having a lot of fun and taking a lot [...]

Blueberry Trail

Blueberry Trail

I just realized that I wrote about the red-spotted newt on blueberry trail, promising another post about the trail itself, and failed to post! So here it is, finally!
Blueberry Trail is located here:

It is a great trail that goes, 2 miles, to the top of the mountain to mud pond, then you can finish the [...]

July Sunrise

July Sunrise

View of Mole Hill

View of Mole Hill

Sunday evening, we took a little walk back to the woods behind our house, to admire the field of thistles back there.

Bumble bee getting a snack -

When we got back there and turned around, we saw this gorgeous view of Mole Hill in the distance, framed by the mountains.

I love the seeing the silos in [...]

Driving into the Sunset

Driving into the Sunset

The view on my drive home last night: