Orbs!

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Henry David Thoreau

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

Patrick Demarchelier

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Martin Luther

Monday Mischief: Photo Bomber!!!!!

So we were up in the mountains (well, what poses as mountains here in Virginia. Certainly not the gorgeous mountains KB shares with us!) on Saturday. Thanks to a couple of glasses of wine, I was in the very rare mood to have my picture taken with the boys. We were in a very quiet corner of the orchard, but even that wasn't enough to keep the background free of a photo bomber!


And here's how it was supposed to look...............

A New Breed of Dog?

 ......Welsh Apple Retrievers.....?

We headed up to the mountains last weekend for a picnic at our favorite apple orchard. Although the trees were pretty well bare of fruit, plenty of fallen apples still lay on the ground. The boys had a grand time chasing, retrieving, and, yes, eating lots of apples.

Here they are taking a break from running in the hilly terrain. You definitely learn you aren't as fit as you like to think you are when you hike around these steep hills.....

Going downhill is a whole lot easier!

With the trees empty of apples, we got to enjoy the orchard pretty much to ourselves. The majority of the folks were down by the barns buying pumpkins, caramel apples, and cider. We always bring a picnic.....

A bucket of chicken really brings out the beggars!

Just one bite! Pretty please!

And finally, after a big lunch and a couple glasses of wine, this is what happens......

ZZZZZZZZ

Jimmy kept watch to ensure his favorite human was safe from any rogue squirrels.

Have a great weekend, Everyone!