I was happy this past Saturday the see clear skies. That's not often the case for a summer day in Roanoke.
Our signature view always inspires me, but as I have said before I do have wanderlust of the soul.
I often wonder while driving along the crowded lanes on Interstate 81 where everyone is going and why they are on the road?
We all have our reasons, or we would not be burning $3 per gallon gasoline.
There's another Realtor® in our Cape Carteret, NC office who also has a Virginia mountain retreat. I joked to him the other day, that we should form a team and call it the Coastal-Mountain boys since we both alternate between Virginia and North Carolina.
He wants to be on a mountaintop, and I want to be in boat crusing the Intracoastal Waterway.
We have enjoyed the cooler mountain weather in Roanoke, but in the last couple of days the humidity has been as bad or worse than it is at the coast. At least at the coast, we usually have a breeze.
People travel to have a change in attitude, climate or to visit relatives. They get in the car for all sorts of mundane or strange things.
We just took a trip which managed to cover the visiting relatives base and to take care of our almost antique Mercedes 450SE which now can legally cruise the streets of Mount Airy, NC.
It was nice to be on the road in all old time car loaded with a big V8 and lots of memories. I cannot imagine being stuck in one place, but that time will come.
I came across your blog quite by accident while searching google for something completely unrelated. Flood planes for the areas around dallas beleive it or not.
I saw the wonderful pictures and just started scrolling down. I am of course In love with every picture you've taken that I've seen so far.
They are absolutely breathtaking, the sunsets and sunrises are amazing. The views of the snow plows at night were stunning. It makes me want to run away from my life here and move out to a mountian top up there somewhere. I live in texas, we don't have colors like that down here. I'm just a little jealous.
You also have a knack for writing I think perhaps you should search out a job writing for a local newspaper.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you how great your pictures are. I myself have had a temulcious love afair with the camera. As a teenager I was absolutely in love with all things dealing with photography. Then my mentor, my photography teacher died. I didn't touch a camera for 10 years.
I just recently purchased a camera again. A Canon Powershot. My pictures dont seem to come out as clean or as crisp as yours do. And I'm afraid to admit that after 10 years most of what I knew of photopgraphy has escaped me. So Im starting over. I found the same camera I learned on; a 35m Nikon SLR with all the lenses and attachments for 48 dollars at an antique store in Oklahoma, so I'm off to buy film and start my photography adventure again. I've come to relize what my dream job would be - Storm chaser photographer. Weather never looks as amazing as it does on film.
Anyway, just wanted to say cant wait to see more of your pictures, and if you have any pointers please share!
Thanks So much!
Posted by: Amber Robbins | June 27, 2007 at 04:00 PM