If you want to feel really small

take a walk under The Natural Bridge like we did

while visiting relatives in Lexington VA a couple weeks ago.

From below,

a tunnel made of granite

was formed by the little creek that is running

along side the path.

The picture above has a white square

painted on the wall.

Rumor has it that

the initials GW are carved there.

It seems George Washington liked to climb rocks.

I'm not kidding.

At one time

Thomas Jefferson owned hundreds of acres

in these parts, as well as the land this Natural Bridge sits on.

I believe the purchase price was $23.

I hope he didn't "flip" it too quickly.

I believe it's worth quite a bit more than that now.

A walk through Longwwood Gardens

A dock and a ferry

This ferry cutting pretty close across our stern

Texas from another angle

Yep, Land and Sea

With Hurricane Irene on her way
we just settled in.....and waited.

Behind the scenes Houston, Tx

Received some photography tips from my favorite teacher Beth and I thought I'd give them a try tonight.
She basically told me to take the camera off "auto" and play with the ISO and F stop settings.
Very cool.

And then she turned me on the the "rule of thirds" thing, which everyone except me knows about. But I do now.