Francesco's

So, I've had to overcome a reluctance on my part to share my local favorites, mostly because I favor the little known and often slightly out-of-the-way places to eat, which are not likely to remain "little known" if I spotlight them. Anyway, Francesco's is one of my favorites.

Greeting me, as I entered last night, was this cool color-changing sign. More about this place tomorrow.

Signs & Wonders

York River State Park

Downed Trees

 

 

 

 

York River State Park

Ghosts

 

Taskinas Creek Trail, York River State Park

Old Knobby

 

Taskinas Trail, York River State Park

Lost World

 

Taskinas Creek Trail, York River State Park

Slippery When Wet

 

The Taskinas Creek Trail in York River State Park, following as it does the edge of a vast tidal marsh, can become very slippery. I suppose that's why park officials have wrapped the boardwalks in this chicken wire (above).

I arrived as the tide was still out.

Taskinas Creek Trail

Monarch

 

Campus Shop

Plein Air

 

Autumn Sky

Linking today with Skywatch Friday.

Fall Garden

 

 

Crossing

Sinking Sun

James River

Shot these photos this past Thursday evening before the effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia began to be felt.

Sunset on the James

Linked to Skywatch Friday

Erosion Controls

A little farther upriver from where I was before, . . .

 some major erosion controls have been put in place.

 

Mattaponi Trail

 

The Mattaponi leads to yet another stretch of the York River shoreline where fossils often can be found.

Fossils

 

Cliff

 

One of the cliffs along the shore of the York River in York River State Park. The image above is looking left. The one below is looking to the right from the same position. All this is the result of the river's floods and tides.

Fossil Beach