I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Tag: history

  • Happy 275th Birthday Fairfax County

    Today, Saturday, June 17,2017,  Fairfax County, Va., will celebrates its 275th birthday. Founded in 1742, Fairfax is a treasure trove of history. The historic Fairfax Courthouse, shown above, was built in 1799. During the Civil War, the first Confederate officer casualty took place on the courthouse grounds. (see more photos below)

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  • Old Red Barn Near Sperryville, Va.

    Returning from a day photo job in Charlottesville, Va., last week, I decided to take the road less travelled and left Route 29 at Madison, Va., for a byway called the North Blue Ridge Turnpike (Virginia State Route 231. It is a scenic and peaceful road that eventually takes you to Sperryville, Va. As I…

  • Top 5 Viewed Posts of 2015 : Great Balls of Fire with Doug Newstrom #3

    In my year end series of the top 5 most viewed blog posts on this site, another older but goodie comes in at number 3. And the good news is : opening day of the 2016 season is just over 3 months away. Enjoy! Rob The final day of the All Star Break is today.…

  • ISBAA A Year Ago : Historic Stone House in Manassas, Va.

    I had several alternative titles for this blog post built around photos I shot of The Stone House at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia yesterday. One was how to make the best of a trip to the dentist and the other was about the importance of looking for details. Please let me explain. (please…

  • My Final Frames of The Historic Barn on Mayhew Inn Road in Garrett County, MD

    I reported on the demise of the historic barn on Mayhew Inn Road near Oakland, Md., earlier this year. I did not include the most up to date photos of the now collapsed and broken barn, maybe due to time constraints, maybe because I really did not want to see the grand structure in shambles.…

  • Happy Easter!

  • Happy Labor Day Weekend: Flags at Rippon Lodge

    Happy Labor Day weekend to everyone! The photo above is of a United States flag reflected in an old style window pane at Rippon Lodge Historic Site in Prince William County, Va. To see how the entire front of the historic home was decked out with flags for the holiday weekend please see below.

  • Great Balls of Fire with Doug Newstrom

    The final day of the All Star Break is today. I thought it would be a good time to fill the baseball void with a sports portrait from my wayback file of Virginia high school pitching phenom Doug Newstrom. Doug Newstrom was the the ace of the pitching staff for the W.T. Woodson varsity baseball team…

  • Jefferson Memorial by Dawn’s Early Light

    Earlier this year I decided it was finally time to photograph the cherry blossoms at the Jefferson Memorial at sunrise. Despite living in the D.C. Area for most of my life, I had never make the early morning trek to the Tidal Basin. When you live in a place like Washington, full of so many…