Taken December 9 near the Bullpasture River, south of McDowell
For anyone who lives in or longs for Highland County, Virginia
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
No Snow this Holiday Season, Just fog!
Just a foggy, misty evening in the Blue Grass Valley.
Taken by Doug Puffenbarger
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Walking Trail
OK, here's something more seasonally appropriate. Just couldn't resist one more autumn shot yesterday.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Old Log Tollgate House
The old log Tollgate House on Rt 250 on Jack Mountain.
Taken by Doug Puffenbarger
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
First Signs of Autumn
A little sign of autumn has touched Highland.
Looking toward the "Devil's Backbone" in Blue Grass.
Taken by Doug Puffenbarger
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
"Good Morning Highland County"
Taken from Monterey Mountain looking east.
Photo by: Terri Puffenbarger
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Half Moon Rising
Taken Saturday evening, from Hiner Church of the Brethren on Route 654,
north of McDowell, looking south.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Misty August Morning
Taken yesterday morning on Big Valley Road,
looking west toward Route 220 and the Bolar Ruritan building.
looking west toward Route 220 and the Bolar Ruritan building.
Photo by Susan Applegate.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Night Vision
Taken Sunday evening on Davis Run, facing southwest. Can you name these two planets?
(The weather vane is not correctly oriented!)
Taken from the same spot, facing southeast.
"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas..."
from "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
"Red Sky at Night, Sailors Delight"
Early spring mountain sunset in the Blue Grass Valley.
Taken by Doug Puffenbarger
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Gathering Spring
On a recent warm day, the honeybees were busy on the crocuses in our yard...the first flowers of spring!
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
"Maple Sugar Season"
Just one of the many large maple sugar trees at
Puffenbarger's Sugar Orchard in Blue Grass, VA
Photo by Doug Puffenbarger
Right now Highlanders and maple tree owners all over the county
are tapping trees to collect sap to boil down into maple syrup.
This tree got "tapped!"
Photo by Doug Puffenbarger
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Whiter Than Snow
"Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than snow,
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."
From the 1872 hymn by James Nicholson
Clover Creek Presbyterian Church on the Bullpasture, south of McDowell
Founded in 1880
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Winter Continues in Highland
Last week in Hightown
Taken by Terri Puffenbarger
This week's BIG snow left many drifts!
Taken by Doug Puffenbarger
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