Hiking in fairy dust...

Went to Bull Run Conservancy this afternoon, it was a gorgeous sunny fall day and everything on the trail seemed to be sparkling, the rocks there add a shimmer to the soils as well as the adjacent foliage.

 Sparkly tree trunks...

 H enjoyed finding the pumpkins, they were marking the trail for a "Safari" night hike this weekend and next with non-scary folks in creature costumes informing the kids about local wildlife.

 This would be a lovely and enormous coat rack, if only grandpa could snag it for us...

 An example of the local rocks, and the reason why everything sparkles there...

 Family portrait in shadows...

Lots of birds were out hunting on the cliffs, managed a close shot of this one, which looked much closer in person...