Season of light

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.  October 2015.

Shenandoah, I hear you calling

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.  October 2015.

Blue Ridge Mountains

Shenandoah National Park, VA.  October 2014.

Monday cheese

Creamy blues and earthy burrata on a chilly afternoon in the Big Meadows at Shenandoah National Park.

What a life I lead when the wind, it breathes

Shenandoah mountains, VA.  October, 2014.

The Golden Wood

“For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. Not till the spring and the new green opens do they fall, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is smooth and grey.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien…

Wanderings: Shenandoah

Fall has been moving in on the east coast, and we had perfect weekend weather for a last minute trip to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.  Fall colors were peaking, temperatures were crisp, and our bellies were full of fresh apple cider donuts.  Driving through the glowing yellow forests and past overlooks that opened out onto red valleys and the Blue Ridge Mountains, I…