ABC Wednesday—V is for "Virginia"

We're back in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley,
where my ancestors settled 326 years ago.
I think this scene is beyond beautiful and I love to
visit my Virginia relatives around here—but I'm still
very much at home in the canyons of Manhattan.

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The Cloud Game

Saw these clouds while riding through the
Virginia countryside recently.  I can see the
outline of the British Isles or, if I use my
imagination, a small elephant sitting on a frog.


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abc wednesday—O is for "overlook"

I was born in the canyons of Manhattan but my maternal 
ancestors arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in the 1680s
and settled here—in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
One of my Southern cousins and I were driving 
through here recently, and she pulled into this scenic 
overlook so I could take this panoramic shot.


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Traveling Tuesdays

Spent a couple of hours here in charming Lexington,
Virginia—in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley—
before flying back home to not-quite-as-idyllic
New York City yesterday.


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Traveling Tuesdays

This is the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, and
 those are the Blue Ridge Mountains (which usually
do look blue—except when the leaves are turning).
Unfortunately, it's a windy place, and the little prop
plane I was in was knocked all around and up and down 
by the cross currents. Never been so happy to land!

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