Crops

 

Fashions

 

Adam's Garden

 

Adam's Garden, Williamsburg

Coca Cola

Takes a lot of Coke, apparently, to satisfy the tourists who come to Colonial Williamsburg.

Dulcimer

 

William & Harry

 

Bee Balm

 

Summer Blooms

 

Left Behind

Compton Oak

 

Thunderstorm

 

Tea & Coffee Houses

The Spice & Tea Exchange of Williamsburg (above)

illy Caffè Williamsburg

Bottlebrush Buckeye

 

Skywatch

 

Linked to Skywatch Friday

Kilwins

 Kilwins in downtown Williamsburg is a popular destination for both locals and tourists.

Turtles

 

It's that season of the year again when it pays to keep a close eye on what might be lying on the trail in front of you. 

Right now, for instance, turtles everywhere are laying their eggs.

Bonnet House IX

 

So I think I will close out this series with two views of the Bonnet House's freshwater slough. The first is of the Bonnet House itself. The one below is of the covered bridge near the entrance to the slough and depicting the more urban environment now surrounding this little oasis.

Bonnet House VIII

 

This is when you know you are definitely no longer in Virginia. :-)

Bonnet House VII

 

From what I read and heard, the owners of Bonnet House imported a troop of monkeys to share their tropical paradise. Sadly, only one remains. Though one can only imagine what Fort Lauderdale would be like if that original colony had survived and grown. A barrel of laughs? :-)

Bonnet House VI

 

Doorway leading from the Bonnet House's dining room to the kitchen and pantry.

Bonnet House V

Vintage Marcel Guillot French hand-painted scallop seashell plates.

Bonnet House IV

 

Bonnet House boasts five different ecosystems within the property: primary and secondary dunes, mangrove wetlands, a fresh water slough (below) and a maritime forest.

Bonnet House III

 

Painted Ceilings

Bonnet House II

 

Evelyn Fortune Bartlett
Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, 1933

Oil on Canvas

A portrait of the artist's friend Catherine Eddy Beveridge. She was the best friend of all three of Frederic Clay Bartlett's wives and Helen Birch Bartlett's cousin. The house which once stood on the south west corner of the Bonnet House property was built by her.

Bonnet House

Flamingo Gardens VII

Golden Shrimp

Jungle Geraniums

Mexican Honeysuckle

Flamingo Gardens VI

 

Flamingo Gardens V

 

Flamingo Gardens IV