Today I joined my retirement group on a hike at a nearby park. We met up at Battery Kemble park. I decided to attend since the park was so close to our house. It was a long hike and I was really tired and sweaty at the end. But it was fun catching up with some of the guys I haven’t seen in a long time. The weather was perfect too!
The sunset was beautiful this evening. I decided to capture it with the Polaroid SX-70. I think it looks retro and very cool.
It’s time to start the bird count again. Last year wasn’t the best. I only photographed 36 birds. That is up from the last two years but still not the best. So today was a warm cloudy day but I was able to get out and get the count started. I photographed 6 birds on this first day. Here are the ones I saw:
#6 Song Sparrow
#5 Mourning Dove
#4 American Robin
#3 Northern Mockingbird
#2 Northern Cardinal
#1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Today we drove to Front Royal, Virginia to visit a winery and to drive on the Skyline Drive to see the fall leaves. The weather was beautiful and it being a Friday there weren’t too many people along the way.
We started at the winery. We did a tasting flight and then enjoyed some lunch nibbles with a bottle of wine. It was so restful. The views were gorgeous.
Then we drove along the Skyline Drive and got to see some beautiful color. We stopped at several points to take in the views.
We are still in Charlottesville enjoying our vacation visiting wineries. We already bought about 3 cases of wine in the few days we’ve been here. We have a few more. I wanted to share another morning shot. I got up early again this morning and saw this beautiful pink sky. It was a little dark still so I had to hold the camera really still. Again, I took this one with my iPhone 12 Pro Max. I love the colors!
