Autumnal photos from the NC mountains

We moved from Blacksburg to Black Mountain this summer, and slowly discovered that relocation takes an amazing amount of time. Between packing, moving, unpacking, and settling in, it seems like the summer and fall flew by. While I took a lot of photos I haven't posted that many. Yet. Here's a bunch of photos from various places in our extended NC mountain neighborhood.

View east from the Craggy Gardens parking lot on the BRP.

Barrie and Cindy hiking.

Barrie on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Buddha on the potting bench

Ray of sunshine backlighting a leaf on the trail near our house.

Flat Creek in Montreat. Our "quick n' easy" nearby hiking trail.

Pond across the highway from our little neighborhood

Asta hanging out on the floor in my study.

On the roof of our rental house. The meditation room is on the right.

Our living room. The house was constructed using the windows and flooring from an old church. 

View of the UNCA quad from the library's front steps. Mt. Pisgah is in the background.

Window in my study.

Catawba Falls.

Illuminated Edwin on the Catawba Falls trail

Double rainbow

Autumnal Photo Project - October 19

Fall colors were accentuated the other morning when it was somewhat cloudy soon after sunrise and the light was filtered through the clouds. The first few photos were taken around 7:30 AM near our house.

Our house in the early October light.

Looking up the street.

Maple tree in the neighbor's yard.

Buddha in the hostas.

The next few were taken from the car at various stoplights and roadside areas on the way to and from work.

Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech

Sunrise in Christiansburg

Another view of sunrise at the stoplight, with a trash truck entering the scene

I'm glad I didn't stop to drink the water at this spring.

A few images from a sunny afternoon walk in the neighborhood last weekend:

Horses on the hill

Tree on the hill. Look closely and you can see several pairs of tennis shoes dangling from the branches.

Geeky stuff: the top 4 and last 2 photos were taken with an Olympus E-PM1, the rest with a Panasonic ZS15.