I was out and about looking for photo opportunities of trees changing color in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley when I came upon this scene.
The morning sun highlighted both the orange leaves of the sugar maple and a huge pile of rubble from duplex apartments being demolished because of faulty foundations.
The contrast between nature’s beauty and human destruction, even though it was needed, perfectly defined juxtaposition.
I am a writer, author, photographer, birder, walker, hiker, husband, father, grandfather, brother, Anabaptist, and community activist. My life is crammed with all things people and nature and wonder. My late father gave me this penchant for giving and getting the most out of life, my late mother the courtesy, kindness, and creativity to see the joy in life. They both taught me to cherish the people I am with. I try and fail and try again.
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