Picture of the day - September 18, 2007

A picturesque farm in rural Scott County, Virginia

As often as we can, Cheria and I make the one hour drive from our home near Abingdon, Virginia to the tiny rural community of Hiltons in neighboring Scott County in order to attend the weekly "Old-Time Music Show" at the Carter Family Fold. And although the live Bluegrass and Old-Time music is always excellent, we enjoy the scenic drive just about as much as the shows themselves! Like much of southwestern Virginia, Scott County is primarily mountains, valleys, hills and "hollers", with plenty of large limestone rocks and ledges to accent the beautiful landscape. There are several places along U.S. Route 58 between the Washington County line and Hiltons that deserve to be on a picture-postcard, a fine example of which is the scenic farm featured in today's picture. Cheria and I were on our way to "the Fold" last Saturday afternoon when we rounded one of 58's numerous curves and noticed this scene off to our left. A couple of hundred yards on down the road we spotted a place to pull off and park the car, so I hopped out, camera in hand, and walked back down the road to what turned out to be an excellent vantage point from which to take a picture. It was late in the afternoon and the sunlight had the long, rolling field and the trees that bordered it lit up quite nicely, and the sky was a beautiful, deep shade of blue, making for a breathtaking vista the likes of which we don't encounter very often. As is often the case with my pictures, the photo doesn't quite capture the real beauty of the scene, but it does come pretty close. Cheria and I consider ourselves lucky that our neck of the woods boasts some of the most magnificent scenery in the entire country, and we absolutely love photographing as much of it as we possibly can!   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"