Skate Ramp

Skateramp in Christiansburg

St. Mary's oils

Practicing with lighting.

View of the Valley

I think this is the Catawba Valley

Art show at the Moss

Some of the Blacksburg High School students' carpentry was part of the art show.

Just a dusting of snow

It is winter.

at the Inn at Virginia Tech

Community groups decorate the trees for the lobby.

new River Fiber

Perhaps a new business is opening in this E. Roanoke St. location.  Looks like an embroidery needle and a yarn ball.

For the study of distilling

Equipment for the study of distilling malt.  It is in the Food Science Technology area.

Blacksburg High School Art Show

A photo section of the Blacksburg High School art show at a Moss gallery.

For Small Business Saturday

Wilderness Road Chorus performed holiday music as part of the town's Small Business Saturday event.

Drone cage

The place in which drones can be test is visible across the parking lot.

Still under construction

The Hill Course plan

A football town on some Saturdays

Action

Enjoying

Seems a party.

View from research building

View from a research and extension building at Virginia Tech.  It is Human Agricultural and Biosciences Building 1.

St. Mary's Church

Start of Mass

Smart Road

Part of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; know locally as the Road to Nowhere, the Smart Road is a test facility.

Pick up game

Near the Virginia Tech campus

Fall color

Along Main St.

Tomorrow is Election Day

League of Women Voters places signs to remind voters.

A Blacksburg frog

The frogs are part of the sustainability efforts and are near significant water resources.

Classic fall scene

From along the Huckleberry Trail.

Work continues on remodeling bank

Construction equipment needed the street to lift the beams.

Hope there is a party

Community is celebrating.

Nearby Town of Christiansburg

View from the fourth floor of one of the government buildings in downtown Christiansburg.

Green and orange fruit

Vegetable bins are colorful.

Moss Center for the Arts

The building is named for its major donor, artist P. Buckley Moss

Football action

Always an exciting day in town when there is a home football game.  This was early in the game.

Pink ribbons

Pink Ribbons, symbols of fund-raising for research to eliminate breast cancer, appear on Main St.

Autumn day on the golf course

The course is still crowded on beautiful days.

Farmers Market

Colors

Blacksburg Candidate Forum

Conversations in the Blacksburg Town Hall lobby after a forum featuring Mayor and Town Council Candidates.  Forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County and the local branch of the NAACP.

Demonstrators on Main St.

Main St. is the site for regular demonstrations.  This is an anti-War group.

Competition called Venga!

Crimper's Climbing Gym again hosted a competition with youth and adult categories.

Blessing the land

St. Mary's Catholic Church is planning to build a new rectory and the pastor blessed the land today.

Full moon

Near my home.

Art Walk

Downtown Blacksburg has an art walk monthly.  Two of the artists -- one at Art Panonnia and the other at Artful Lawyer

House of Delegates Forum

League of Women Voters and NAACP arranged for all local Virginia House of Delegates to answer citizen questions.

Butterfly

Butterflies are my favorite.

Game Day

GameDay will be broadcasting from Blacksburg.  Major equipment is on the University entrance Mall.

Lyric Masks

The classic tragedy and comedy are looking lovely.

Discussion of an important topic

Researchers talked about Voting--and the attempts to control who gets to vote at a forum at the town council chambers.  

Highty Tighties

Virginia Tech's band, the Highty Tighties, played the national anthem as the field was filled with members of the Corps of Cadets.

Stadium Woods

Lane Stadium is in the background of Stadium Woods.

Lane Stadium

It was a fun-filled afternoon at Lane Stadium.  

Fall starts this afternoon

Foggy morning for Blacksburg.

excellent form

On the Virginia Tech golf course.

Obstacle course

Action on the obstacle course.  The new drone testing facility, still under construction, is behind it.

Self-driving car

One of the test vehicles for Virginia Tech's work on self-driving cars.  True, it was parked, but also true, no driver.