Category: weekly photo challenge
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Heading for the Clouds at The Northern Virginia Senior Olympics
Today the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics held its field events. Here, Clarence John Wells-Martin of Herndon, Va., goes airborne during the running long jump competition, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Falls Church, Va. The NVSO runs thru Wednesday. (please click on photo to see full screen version.)
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Living Healthy Longer with the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics
For the past week I have been photographing the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. Competitors range in age from 50 years old to 100. They are quite an inspiring group of men and women. Look below for a small sampling of some of the events I have seen. The event continues thru Wednesday. For more information…
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View of Old Lorton Reformatory Thru A Prison Gate
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Goldfinch Perched on a Sunflower, Virginia
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Butterfly at Rest, River Farm, Alexandria, VA
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Inspiring Seniors in Northern Virginia Who Won’t Let Old Age Get in Their Way
Over the past six months I have had the good fortune to interview several participants in the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics as a volunteer public relations and advertising coordinator for this event which is kicking off its 35 anniversary season tomorrow morning, Saturday, Sept. 9. I was lucky to meet these seniors and I am…
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A Sculpture in the Fall at Deep Creek Lake
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Under Cover at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
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White House Gates at River Farm, Virginia
As long as I have lived in the D.C. Area, it astonishes me to discover new places to visit that I really did not realize were there. This week the new place for me was River Farm in Alexandria, Va. River Farm is located between Old Town Alexandria and Mount Vernon off the George Washington…
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New Falls Colors at Deep Lake Print for Sale
For me, the best time of the year to visit Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland is in the fall, more specifically during the Autumn Glory Festival. Each year the colors are usually wonderful but during some years the colors are more magnificent and that was definitely the case last year when I was in…
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 