and a bumper sticker

Every promotion needs a bumper sticker

Downtown Promo tshirt

Blacksburg has started a new fundraising promotion..."local" tshirts.

anglican church

This is the Angilican Church.

Seasonal symbols

Leaves, pumpkins and nuts.

Major entertainment in town

Virginia Tech football team just won the Commonwealth Cup again. This is an older photo but though the game is a part of Blacksburg, it happened in another town. I could watch on television. The score was Va. Tech 38, UVa. 0.

Steps at Huckleberry Trail

There are steps on one side of this bridge over the road.

Thanksgiving symbols

He is a pilgrim; he is a turkey; and he wants to be in the Macy's parade.

Speed limit sign

The whole town seems slower this week. Probably because the holiday is this week.

Veggie Hokie Bird

This Hokie Bird, from the project in which local artists created their styles for the Virginia Tech mascot, is in Kent Square.

Sky at Floyd

It is a sculpture of a bovine creature on the left, not a real animal.

Bakery near Floyd

Traveled to the nearby town of Floyd for lunch and bread.

Baton twirler

Halftime show at the Virginia Tech game featured the Marching Virginians. Temperature during the game was about 32 F. My friends want to get this woman a coat.

Darius Rucker sings

Singer Darius Rucker sang the National Anthem before a Virginia Tech football game tonight.

Trees at old school site

This was the site of the Blacksburg High School which was demolished in the summer.

Vegetables, last month

Kentland Farm has a lot of different kinds of work.

Roses from the University

Virginia Tech had a celebration this weekend and this was the center piece at a meal.

Snow

It was not much, but it was real snow--first of this winter.

Orange flowers

Flowers

Scenes from the Ceremony

Veterans Day

Sign on the Hill Course

The Blacksburg Municipal Golf course has signs with information about the hole.

Kentland house

This was a family home. There are plans to maintain it and use it.

Hill Course Gazebo

At the Hill Course.

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 8

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Sun on a bank

Walking along Main St., downtown.

Cloud over the hills

Some of the research plots at Kentland.

Blacksburg Motor Co.

Blacksburg government offices are in this restored historic building.

Torgersen bridge

Virginia Tech scene

Sun on the post office

The post office on Main St. is still operating.

Kentland cemetery

This family cemetery is high on a hill at Kentland. Today is the Feast of All Saints or Day of the Dead.