Entries from August 2007

Abbot Lake at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…
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The palace, Louvre
Of Philippe Auguste,
Rest on the river Seine.
Near seven hundred years it took
To complete the “Grand Dessein.”
With past that’s rich in majesty
And art that pleased the kings.
Throughout the measures of history,
Her eternal beauty sings.
With love of time, concept divine,
And where artist’s, sublime, paid their dues,
Such wonders, grand and magical live
In the Palace of the Muse…
D L Ennis Copyright © 2001
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Silphium trifoliatum blooms July-September in the Blue Ridge and grows 4-10 feet tall in open woods and fields…
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Just prior to dawn on a foggy, misty morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…
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A dogwood, dressed in autumn colors, reflects on the calm surface of Abbot Lake at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway…
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Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) blooms July-September in moist woods, marshes and along streams in the Blue Ridge region.
The Skippers are a group of insects in the order Lepidoptera, classified in the superfamily Hesperioidea, which includes only one family, the Hesperiidae.
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Morning on Abbot Lake, at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, and the early fog is burning off…
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A misty morning hike on a trail at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway of Virginia…
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A misty day on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia…
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It’s 8 am in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the sun is promising a beautiful late August day while the clouds rest in the valley…
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