Category: va
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Holiday Card Design Featuring Clifton, Virginia
Here is another of my holiday card design featuring a photo I shot of a holiday display in historic Clifton, Va. See below for another photo of Clifton.
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A Study in Yellow and Blue, Middleburg, Va
A Study in Yellow and Blue, Middleburg, Va. by Rob Paine
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Wordless Wednesday : Blue Heron at Great Falls Park, VA
(please see below for second photo)
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Sunflowers in Suburbia
Fifty-five years ago the Washington D.C. suburb of Fairfax County as well as neighboring Prince William County were mostly farmland. According to Wikipedia, even as recently as the 1950s, Tysons Corner Area of Fairax was “a quiet rural intersection flanked by a few small stores.” Nowadays in Northern Virginia, where cows are outnumbered exponentially by…
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Big Bird-Bigger Sign
I photographed this scene near Occoquan, Va.
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Threshold – Pig at Meadowlark Gardens
It is that splendid time of year when the flowers begin to bloom at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Va. (please see more text below)
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Juxtaposition
While searching for great photos in Chincoteague, Va., I found the juxtaposition of these two duck amusing. (please see more text below) Do flowers look better in color or black and white? Check out this post to decide.
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My First Calendar Cover (Vienna Va.)
Earlier this week I received a copy of the 2014 Town of Vienna calendar. Not something I usually get as I do not live in Vienna, but this year a photo I shot was on the cover. It was my first calendar cover. (please see more text and photos of Vienna) Interested in living “small?”…
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Looking Back on the Holidays… One Last Time
New Year’s week is an exciting time, full of new beginnings and exciting possibilities. The weekend after New Year’s day is customarily the time when the festive lights and decorations of the holiday season are taken down. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had holiday lights all year? (see more photos and text below)
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Mascot Seating at a Potomac Nationals Game
I saw this moment unfold while attending a Potomac Nationals baseball game in Woodbridge, Va., last week. Please see below for second photo and more text.
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 