I know Winter doesn’t officially start until later in December, but with most of the leaves off the trees (or else brown and about to fall off) it really feels like Fall is over and Winter is here. But it was a lovely fall this year and I feel like I took advantage of it and got outside to see and photograph a lot of it. I do wish I had gone out for one last hike in early November, but I didn’t get a chance so these photos from late October are the last pictures of Fall that I have.

Last year I completely missed the Fall peak around here and many of the leaves were off the trees before I got out with my camera. I was determined not to let that happen again, so I made sure to go out and enjoy nature as much as possible this month. This past weekend it actually snowed here! It melted by the morning, but it was still too cold to venture out much into nature so I’m glad I got to take advantage of the beautiful weather earlier this month.

This week I have lots of photos of our drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway here in Virgina. When Brandon and I visited North Carolina a few years back we also did a lot of driving on the Parkway, so it’s fun to see another section of it and think about how long it is! We’ve driven down Skyline Drive quite a bit but haven’t been down this way before. Plus, even though they are technically the same road, the Blue Ridge Parkway is free, whereas you have to pay to drive on Skyline, so this saved a little money.

The colors up there were gorgeous so I think I definitely lucked out with the timing!

Fall is my favorite season and I feel like I didn’t really take advantage of it last year, photography-wise anyway. I’m trying to take full advantage this year, so we went and drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway two weekends ago and then last weekend we went hiking at Preddy Creek again. I think I probably took almost 1000 photos so far. So, lots of photos coming up…if I can get them all edited, that is.

The top photo was taken back in May while the other two were from a few weeks ago. It turns out I like to take shots of this lake at Sunset! (I think I’ve probably already posted at least 2 or 3 but I’m afraid to look.) I can’t help it, it’s always pretty!