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Content Published May 5, 2019

Repurposed

A scene from Main Street Warrenton, Fauquier County

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Content Published May 5, 2019

Visit to the Cobbler

Quiet time along a Main Street Warrenton in Fauquier County

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Content Published May 5, 2019

0711 on Main Street

Nostalgic clock along Main Street Warrenton, Fauquier County

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Content Published May 5, 2019

Early Hours at the Bakery, 40x30 Framed

Red Truck Bakery, Warrenton, Fauquier County

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Content Published June 16, 2018

Summer Pasture, Aldie

Summer is a time of plenty on the Virginia Piedmont. Warm rains feed the native grasses, which, in turn, feed the Piedmont’s cattle and deer. This pastoral scene provides a sense of peace and abundance as the natural elements of sunlight, rain, and earth converge on a hilly pasture where the Civil War Battle of Aldie was fought.

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Content Published May 23, 2018

Sentinel in Autumn

Commemorative in Leesburg, VA

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Content Published May 23, 2018

Shoes in Leesburg

Charming Red Goose Shoes sign on King Street, Leesburg, Loudoun County

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Content Published May 23, 2018

Dodana Manor, Autumn

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Content Published April 5, 2018

Hall of Wheels

Sunlight from above permeates the darkest corners of the pit floor at Aldie Mill.

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Content Published March 18, 2018

Spray of Straw

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Content Published March 18, 2018

Preparation

Preparing for canning season.

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Content Published March 18, 2018

View from the Window

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Content Published March 18, 2018

Washing Day

Almost finished another long day of washing.

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Content Published February 27, 2018

Tones of the Potomac

Old span bridge at Point of Rocks, Maryland sees itself in the mirror that is the Potomac River

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Content Published February 27, 2018

Afternoon at the Dairy Barn

Welch Farm

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Content Published January 29, 2018

Snow Hillocks in Small Stream

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Content Published September 19, 2016

Nanstein Castle Circular Stairway

Scenes like this gives me pause, to imagine the people walking up and down the stairs over the centuries.

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Content Published June 10, 2016

Wall of Windows and Vines, Burg Lichtenberg

Natural reclamation of a midieval wall at Burg Lichtenberg, Germany by a flowering vine.

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Content Published April 21, 2016

This Way In

A barn star appears to be giving direction.

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Content Published April 20, 2016

Miller's Lunch

Nostalgic scene from Colvin Run Grist Mill, Fairfax County Park Authority.

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