PHOTO ESSAY MAIN IMAGE: Young foxes emerge from their den under the watchful eye of their mother in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. From the photographer: " As I sat in my photo-blind, the den glowed as the sun was setting to create a dramatic backlight effect. " PHOTO BY SHARON FISHER INSET: Fringed bleeding-heart flowers are found naturally throughout forest floors and shaded, rocky outcrops of the southern Appalachians. Photo taken at Bays Mountain Park, in Kingsport, Tennessee. PHOTO BY JAY HURON 38 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM