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Content Published August 10, 2019

Fog Rolling In at Big Meadow

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Content Published August 10, 2019

River Grass Shay Run

A small tuft of grass bends to the will of the stream flow, not only to survive, but to thrive.

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Content Published August 10, 2019

Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah NP

One mile down into the holler.

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Content Published August 10, 2019

Birch on the Rocks

A small birch tree surviving on nothing but stone and determination.

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Content Published December 20, 2016

Sycamores and Oaks

Sun-bleached sycamores share an open sunny field with their darker cousins on this winter moment on the American Piedmont.

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Content Published July 3, 2016

Looking for Smaller Creatures

A young sycamore bends far out over the stream to see what's there.

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Content Published June 24, 2016

Exposed

Skeleton of small tree, standing apart from the protection of the forest.

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Content Published May 20, 2016

Bifurcations

The elegance of a lone tree is only made greater when reflected.

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Content Published April 21, 2016

Sunrise, Piney Run Valley

Morning fog moves through the valley between the hills in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Content Published April 14, 2016

A Defensive Posture

As a wild animal might rear up and show claws and fangs against a predator, this fallen tree appears to warn the sea.

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Content Published April 10, 2016

Life in a Summer Pond

A time to sit and watch reflections and ripples under a spreading maple tree.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Palmettos and Moss

Through all the shady spanish moss, a young palmetto tree takes root.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Neverending

Reaching to the sky, the limbs of Angel Oak seem to go on forever.

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Content Published March 30, 2016

Young Palmettos in Black Water

Waxy leaves of young palmettos seem to grab all the sunlight and prevent it reaching places where only shadows thrive.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

Morning Stretch

Old Oak plays a leading role on the salt marsh stage of the tidal Carolinas.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

One Morning at Old Sheldon Church

Some subjects place a heavy responsibility on me to show their soulful side; this was one of those places.

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Content Published March 27, 2016

Sun Breaking

Sometimes fog is so thick it's easy to miss the obvious.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Growing from Stone

It's fascinating how nature thrives on itself. These autumn oaks appear to be made from the same stone from which they are growing.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Walk

A mysterious canopy of safety or danger? Safety, I think.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Cypress

Cypress trees become one with the estuary pool and the parasitic Spanish Moss of the deep South.

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