Hydroelectric Plant

The remains of a now abandoned hydroelectric plant in Belle Isle.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, friends! Hope you had a restful night :-) and aren't too tired to make a new beginning. I'm starting this new year of photographs with this one taken last Friday along the James River's famed "fall line."  According to Wikipedia:

"The fall line marks the geologic boundary of hard metamorphosed terrain—the product of the Taconic orogeny—and the sandy, relatively flat alluvial plain of the upper continental shelf, formed of unconsolidated Cretaceous and Cenozoic sediments. Examples of Fall Zone features include the Potomac River's Little Falls and the rapids in Richmond, Virginia, where the James River falls across a series of rapids down to its own tidal estuary."

Suspension Bridge

Looking back here to my hike last Friday from Richmond to Belle Isle, Virginia. This is the ramp leading to the suspension bridge that takes pedestrians across to Belle Isle.

Sixth Day of Christmas

A scene from the just recently opened Pepper Palace in Williamsburg.

Fifth Day of Christmas

No golden rings here, just mice drinking ale.

Feast of Saint Stephen

I'll be celebrating this Saint Stephen's Day (according to some traditions), appropriately, by gathering with family and friends for a hike and lunch/feast at a Richmond restaurant. How about you? What are you doing on this third day of Christmas?

Linking again today with Skywatch Friday. Merry Christmas to all my fellow skywatchers! :-)

Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day, my friends! Not sure how many folks observe this old English tradition. Wasn't there an episode in Downton Abbey that featured the holiday? Maybe not. Maybe I'll have to check that out sometime over these remaining eleven days of Christmas.