MY OLD PHOTO BLOG

Frozen Kiss

2011-03-30T14:22:00.001-05:00

Frozen Kiss, a photo by childofGOD / Beckie on Flickr.

Not a current shot, taken in January.

Photo Friday ~ Heat

2007-03-16T06:51:00.000-05:00

We use a woodstove to heat our house. Back in the middle of February, I decided to take a couple of pics of the fire itself. Hummmmmmmm.

Gypsy Hill Park

2007-03-14T11:36:00.001-05:00

Gypsy Hill Park Originally uploaded by childofGOD.

Cool huh?

Not so WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2007-03-14T05:17:00.000-05:00

Lissa made my new header. Don't 'cha just love it?

You never know what you'll see around here. This is an old prop airplane engine!

YIPEEEEEEE!

2007-03-13T06:57:00.000-05:00

How does this picture make you feel? It makes me feel . What do you think of my new header??? I love it! Last Saturday, I went to visit one of the Photo Hunters. It was Lissa and she had an offer to design your blog header. I responded and you can see the end result. I'm just crazy about it and think she did a wonderful job.

THANK YOU LISSA!

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt ~Architecture

2007-03-09T17:29:00.000-05:00

This week's theme is Architecture. Since I have quite a few pictures of buildings, I decided to share these two. The first one is a very old house. You can see how the outside wall has warped. This second photo is of our local palace~Swannonoa. Major James Dooley, an executive with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, completed construction of the $2 million Swannanoa in 1912. Dooley, who owned the Maymont estate in Richmond, built this 52-room marble palace as a token of love for his wife, Sally May. More than 300 artisans were hired to create the palace as a replica of the Villa de Medici in Rome. They used the highest quality materials available. Visitors today can still see the depth of James and Sally May's relationship is places like the 4,000 piece Tiffany stained-glass window and a domed ceiling bearing the likeness of Mrs. Dooley. The name Swannanoa comes from Mrs. Dooley's fondness for swans, which she liked because they choose their mates for a lifetime. Although it mentions visitors, it does not appear in any conditions to have visitors~too much chance for lawsuit from personal injury. Although I don't know which building is older, they both are in somewhat disarray. Sorry the picture doesn't capture the entire structure but there were too many trees in the front yard to get any kind of view from a distance.

Photo Friday ~ Addiction

2007-03-09T10:18:00.000-05:00

The theme is addition. I don't think I have an addition to anything like food or collectibles or drugs~however, I'm addicted to our granddaughter!

Wordless Wednesday

2007-03-06T16:47:00.000-05:00

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt ~Salty

2007-03-03T06:18:00.000-05:00

When I saw that the theme was salty this week, I immediately thought of the ocean. However, I don't have any current pictures of the ocean and it's four hours away. Yesterday, on the way to the grocery store, I told Hubby my predicament and he suggested I take a picture of the Planters Nuts section. Viola!

Wordless Wednesday

2007-02-28T05:42:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2007-02-21T06:34:00.000-05:00

Saturday Photo Hunt ~ Antique

2007-02-16T21:23:00.000-05:00

Really thought about using a photo of myself, but that would be boring. Instead I'm sharing pics of other antiques I caught sight of in my travels. No, I don't mean my neighbors either! ***If you're name appears in Mr. Linky and you haven't been here, it's his fault.***

My mood is:

Wordless Wednesday ~ BRRRRRRR

2007-02-14T05:17:00.000-05:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY If you want to see my card...go here.

Oh, baby, it's outside!!!

Valley Sunrise

2007-02-11T11:20:00.000-05:00

While out early one morning, this is the sky I saw. Yes, I was driving...very slowly!

Photo Scavenger Hunt ~ Red

2007-02-09T20:27:00.000-05:00

OK, I goofed...just enjoy my red shots!

This weeks theme is RED. If you read my other blog, you know that RED is my favorite color! And it just so happens that I have several RED pictures to share. In fact I couldn't decide which one is my favorite. I was even going to share one of Grammy's Girl in a red sweater, but decided not to. Have fun today!

I'm feeling:

Wordless Wednesday

2007-02-07T05:55:00.000-05:00

flickr treats

2007-02-05T14:43:00.000-05:00

Saturday Photo Hunt ~ GROSS

2007-02-02T20:09:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday ~ Oh My!

2007-01-31T05:27:00.000-05:00

Photo Scavenger Hunt ~ Silver

2007-01-27T08:15:00.000-05:00

OK, I may be stretching it a bit, but the roof on this barn appears silver in color.

Photo Friday ~ Brother

2007-01-26T06:46:00.000-05:00

It's really my brother

Wordless Wednesday

2007-01-24T05:42:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2007-01-17T05:03:00.000-05:00

Photo Sharks ~ Faith

2007-01-12T11:14:00.000-05:00

Photo Friday ~ Peaceful

2007-01-12T06:51:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2007-01-09T20:19:00.000-05:00

Photo Hunt ~ Memory

2007-01-06T00:01:00.000-05:00

This is the home I grew up in which is why I chose it for today's theme. My parents built this home for $25,000 way before I was born. When we lived there, a picket fence graced the front yard (at the top of the little hill near the front door) and the room on the right was a garage. I remember my dad refurbishing a "Woody" in that garage. Within the last 2 or 3 years I was able to go back into the house since it was for sale. As with most things from our youth, it seemed so much smaller. Sometimes I wish we could have bought it but I think that's because of my fond memories.

Wordless Wednesday

2007-01-03T09:07:00.000-05:00

Humpback Bridge, Southwest Virginia

SPH ~ New

2006-12-29T20:17:00.000-05:00

This is our NEW beautiful granddaughter, Kelsey. She arrived Friday, December 22 and has made us all very happy. She's a good baby too.

Wordless Wednesday~What Else?????

2006-12-26T18:54:00.000-05:00

SPH ~ Lines

2006-12-23T10:45:00.000-05:00

Little late posting. We've had a new arrival~our first biological granddaughter arrived Dec. 22 @ 3:20 a.m., so I've been busy.

This is what I thought of when I read the theme ~ power lines! It seems I always have to change positions to take a picture because they are in the way~but I'm glad we have them too.

Wordless Wednesday~Christmas

2006-12-20T07:29:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday ~ ?

2006-12-13T05:23:00.000-05:00

Does anyone know what this phenomenon is called? This isn't something I did with the camera, I've seen this several times before. The sun was to the left of whatever this is.

Saturday Photo Hunt~ RED

2006-12-08T09:07:00.000-05:00

YIPEEEEEEE ~ RED

In case you haven't been able to tell, my favorite color is RED! So I'm posting a couple of "red" pictures. The first one is one of the red walls in our living room, and the second one is my favorite red sweater. What you see is an archway from our living room into our dining room. Under the houses is a cross-cut saw that my sister-in-law painted with a winter snow scene. And my favorite red sweater!

Photo Sharks ~ Contrast

2006-12-08T08:52:00.000-05:00

Photo Sharks Challenge ~ Contrast

Photo Friday ~ Fresh

2006-12-08T07:24:00.000-05:00

A fresh rose for you!

Wordless Wednesday~A Favorite Visitor

2006-12-05T20:55:00.000-05:00

Saturday Photo Hunt~Lights

2006-12-01T14:10:00.000-05:00

Photo Friday ~ Stillness

2006-12-01T07:42:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday ~ Smile

2006-11-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

Photo Friday ~ Immature

2006-11-24T08:23:00.000-05:00

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ quiet

2006-11-22T05:26:00.000-05:00

I was just a little too slow.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ Don't EVEN think about it!

2006-11-15T05:43:00.000-05:00

Not quite wordless...Out in the country where we live, occasionally young people will "ride the roads" and smash mail boxes with baseball bats. This ingenious person seems to have found a unique way to prevent this from happening!

Saturday Photo Hunt~Theme: Growth

2006-11-10T07:42:00.000-05:00

When I took the top picture, I was not participating in SPH! Several weeks ago when I joined and saw the theme for today, I knew what I had to do....

This is our oldest daughter expecting her first daughter in December(!) with her step daughter who will be a year in January!!! Wheeeeeeee........if you know what I mean.

Windows

2006-11-07T08:11:00.000-05:00

Last Saturday, the topic of the Scavenger Photo Hunt was Windows. I wasn't able to post my pictures but I think they are good and want to share them with you. I have a special friend and neighbor who got be started on blogging. She introduced me, through blogging, to Flip Flop Floozie another friend of hers that lives in Georgia. Thursday Floozie, Daisy and I got together to show off our beautiful Valley. We had a great time. Meeting blogging buddies is the greatest! On Friday, we drove up to Winchester and met Melli from Insanity Prevails. What a wonderful experience. Bloggers are GREAT people! These are my Windows pictures and fellow bloggers...

Flip Flop Floozie on the left and Daisy on the right!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY~Sunrise

2006-10-31T10:15:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T08:11:00.000-05:00

Have a safe and good time tonight!

Scavenger Hunt ~ "Safe"

2006-10-27T15:05:00.000-05:00

Posting today 'cause I may not be able to tomorrow.

This is our step-granddaughter with her Daddy. He wasn't really asleep, but I have pictures of our daughters asleep on their Daddy so I thought it appropriate. Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt Participants

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ Beyond those mountains...

2006-10-25T09:02:00.000-05:00

...lies "Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia"

Saturday Photo Hunt ~ Theme: Dreaming

2006-10-21T05:40:00.000-05:00

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This one would have to be modernized somewhat, but I've always dreamed of living in a cabin in the mountains.

Signs, signs, everywhere are signs!

2006-10-20T09:07:00.000-05:00

First you see the sign...

...then you see the "remodeling"(?)

This sign is about a mile up the road from our home. Since you can't eat at MacDonalds at least you can get some good home cookin' here!

New Hope Grocery

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY .. History is made!

2006-10-18T04:47:00.000-05:00

1. The Foo
2. Gattina
3. Michelle at scribbit
4. Lazy Daisy
5. ren.kat
6. mar
7. Holly Schwendiman
8. meredith
9. Melli
10. Mrs Lifecruiser
11. Virginia
12. michelle
13. Leesa

14. Graced by Christ
15. Friday\'s Child
16. AmandaF
17. Frances
18. Jottings From Jersey
19. Meg
20. crickl\'s nest
21. Christine
22. deb
23. Brony
24. Mrs. K
25. Babs
26. celfyddydau

27. Wendy
28. Chaos Ensues
29. lynn Tucker
30. Connie
31. kdubs
32. Liz (Looney Mom)
33. Tasra Dawson
34. Sting my Heart
35. Kailani
36. Kit_Fur_Cat

Pics of Staunton

2006-10-16T09:17:00.000-05:00

The Welcome

Gypsy Hill Park

Fall Folliage

Train Station

and last, but not least...

The Old Road

Wordless Wednesday ~ Open Wide

2006-10-10T19:06:00.000-05:00

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11. Mrs Lifecruiser
12. Midlife Moments

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31. Wendy
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33. crickl\'s nest
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Love Fall ~ Love Fall Pictures

2006-10-05T12:03:00.000-05:00

Decided to share some of my other fall pictures.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Fall

2006-10-03T08:56:00.000-05:00

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Fall ~ Beautiful!

2006-09-30T07:50:00.000-05:00

This is without a doubt, my favorite time of year. Although the leaves have just begun to turn around here, I'm looking forward to taking pictures of them. Many of you have seen my Misty Morn photo below and I continue to take more pictures like it. That's what the mornings are like in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This is another one!

Wordless Wednesday

2006-09-20T08:20:00.000-05:00

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Wordless Wednesday ~ CREEPY

2006-09-13T07:30:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2006-09-06T08:11:00.000-05:00

Blessed Rain!!!

2006-08-31T07:32:00.001-05:00

Things have been soooo dry around here and last night God sent the most wonderful, relief-bringing rain. Took this pics this morning.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-08-30T07:38:00.000-05:00

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Wordless Wednesday

2006-08-02T07:48:00.000-05:00

Not quite wordless...the answer to last week's question "What is it?" It was a Hummingbird Moth. Deb gave me a website to check out. Thank you all for your answers!

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ...What is it?

2006-07-26T06:57:00.000-05:00

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Wordless Wednesday

2006-07-19T06:39:00.000-05:00

I've hesitated putting a picture of myself up since I started blogging. But here I am with my Hubby. Photo taken by Lazy Daisy!

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Wordless Wednesday

2006-07-12T06:18:00.000-05:00

I can hardly believe I captured these two pics. You can grab the WW code here.

Wordless Wednesday

2006-07-04T23:00:00.000-05:00

Wish I had a picture of fireworks, but they didn't turn out. Grab the code here.

Daylilies

2006-07-03T14:23:00.000-05:00

Today Hubby and I took a visit to Andre Viette Farm and Nursery. Some of you may have heard of him especially if you live on the East coast. He grows "world famous" daylilies and only lives within 5 miles of our house. July 15 & 16 they will be having the annual Daylily and Wine Tasting Festival. We went by today to look around and get some pictures. Here is a sneak peak:

Wordless Wednesday-Recent Storms

2006-06-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Most of you have heard of the recent storms part of the East Coast has been getting. This is our driveway...a couple of inches. This is a nearby barn... This is what a row of evergreens looked like. There were several motor coaches parked nearby and they were undamaged. Whew! If you would like to participate, please visit the link in my sidebar.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-06-21T07:40:00.000-05:00

It's SUMMER...and I'm ready!

This is Ashlynn (Nick's daughter) sitting on great-granny's lap.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-06-14T08:18:00.000-05:00

Wedding leftovers created my Summer woodstove. *****My apologies to all those who found my link on your blog but no comment. I tried, but it seems Blogger won't let me.*******

Wordless Wednesday

2006-06-07T05:46:00.000-05:00

Monday Memories

2006-06-05T06:29:00.001-05:00

Welcome to my Monday Memories post on my Photo Blog. My Monday Memory today is not old, in fact, it's only two days old. Rachel and Nick got married Saturday, June 3, 2006 and this is ONE of my memories of that day! Giving credit where credit is due, Mr. Wonderful (Lazy Daisy's hubby) took the picture. He does great work! Links to other Monday Memories (If you participate, leave your in "Mr. Linky" below) Click here for the Monday Memories code
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My First WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

2006-05-17T06:17:00.000-05:00

FIRST PHOTOS

2006-05-11T11:38:00.000-05:00

Good Morning one and all! Here it is...my new blog along with the new pictures from my very first digital camera! I apologize for this disarray, but I'm not having much luck with uploading pictures today. The pics are as "doctored" with the software program that came with the Kodak EasyShare Z740. I love this camera. Maybe I'll learn how to post pictures better. Thanks for coming by!