Hi from Aylett, Virginia (suburb of Richmond-25 miles NE)
Mar 29, 2012 09:22:58 #
Hi from Aylett, VA.......just joined the website after being told of it by my fourth cousin ~jpintn~(just found him a few years ago while doing genealogy research - small world).....looking forward to viewing all of the excellent photography here....I am definitely an amateur, but still enjoy "clicking" everything(simple photography with Canon Powershot S2 IS)(am upgrading, just a little, this year and will be looking for tips about next step cameras)....am retired, be 80 (4/25) this year, have done a little traveling by auto and in a motorhome, which we lived in for five or six years, traveled to St. Lucia in the West Indies for Son's wedding, otherwise everywhere else is in the good ole' USA.....hometown is
Ronceverte, West Virginia (I know - you never heard of it, but I know you have heard of the world famous "Greenbrier Hotel"....nine miles from my home in the mountains at White Sulphur Springs, WV)
Ronceverte, West Virginia (I know - you never heard of it, but I know you have heard of the world famous "Greenbrier Hotel"....nine miles from my home in the mountains at White Sulphur Springs, WV)
The Greenbrier Hotel at White Sulphur Springs, WV
The Greenbrier during construction of new "Casino"
Greenbrier's Golf Course - constructed from ground up on an abondoned airport runway.
Mar 29, 2012 09:42:03 #
Mar 29, 2012 10:00:19 #
Thanks, Cuz! Howard's Creek runs through the golf course and I caught some mighty "rainbows" there while it was still an airport.....now they have million dollar houses there for folks that have the "bucks"...here's a couple photos of the golf course area I made from Google Maps before a new "photographic flyover" with this view never to be seen again...the rectangular area was a German POW encampment area during WWII..and, at that time the "Greenbrier" was made into the "Ashford General Hospital" for the WWII wounded.....LOL!!
The airport - taken from Google Maps before a new flyover.
Here you can see why they moved the airport, also copied from Google Maps.
The area of the German POW encampment alongside the runway during WWII.
Mar 29, 2012 13:28:22 #
Mar 29, 2012 14:10:42 #
Thanks......just an "afterthought" while I was perusing my photos for one I could use......photos are of a river that is located about three miles from my home.....a tidal river that empties into the Chesapeake Bay at Hampton, VA
Mataponi River Near my home
Looking downriver...Mataponi....
wooly bear/wooly worm
Mar 30, 2012 06:51:11 #
Mar 30, 2012 08:05:53 #
Welcome to the forum, Silverhawk. You have some nice shots there. I see you're partial to wooly-bears. Never found them that good a predicting the winters though :)
Mar 30, 2012 09:46:02 #
Thanks to all for your nice "Welcome"....and, thanks for your kind remarks about the photos, etc.!...hope I will be able to share a few photos of Virginia and West Virginia..and, of course, lots of other "stuff".. :mrgreen:
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Mar 30, 2012 12:30:41 #
Welcome and nice photos. Funny how you should mention how you found a relative through genealogy. I am also into that in my family.
Mar 31, 2012 03:05:08 #
Apr 8, 2012 10:54:41 #
photo guy wrote:
Welcome and nice photos. Funny how you should mention how you found a relative through genealogy. I am also into that in my family.
Genealogy research is great....been into it now for a couple years.........if you would like some Free Genealogy links, that you may not be aware of, give me another PM and I'll list the ones I have found and use.........hwmcc
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