A stunning fungus with a hand painted look. Found near a trickling stream in Highland County, near Monterey, Virginia. Amanita jacksonii.
Orange And Red Brushstrokes
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Brenda Clements Jones
Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs. View all posts by Brenda Clements Jones

Hi Brenda, I’m a long time fan. This is just a technical note. I’ve loved seeing your wonderful photographs coming in every day. Recently I updated my MacBook to the latest system software (Mac OS 12.5.1 Monterey) and alas, the emails now arrive without the photos which is very sad indeed! Not sure what the problem is. Do you have any idea what’s happening? If not, hopefully the problem will resolve itself over time. I really miss your pics! Thanks
Oh dear Shawn! I’m so very sorry to hear of your problem. And WHAT a problem! I do my posts mainly for the sake of sharing my photographs!
In using WordPress for my blog I feel as if I’m working with a robot and it doesn’t quite understand me. But of course it is not the robot, but ME that doesn’t understand!
I’m going to pass along your question to my son, my computer guru and hope that he might have an answer.
Believe me, I have my fingers crossed that this will get resolved quickly.
Thank you so much for reading my posts and hope that soon you’ll be able to see the photos again!
Bren
Hi Shawn,
I sure hope by now that the problem that wasn’t allowing my photographs to show up with the text of my posts has resolved itself. If it hasn’t, I know that this would be a bother, but perhaps you could go to my post online at brendaclem.com to find everything that I have posted including the photos.
I hope hope HOPE that the issue has indeed resolved itself though.
Let me know how things are by now.
Bren