Thursday, June 29, 2023
The Fight of Our Lives
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Reconstruction
"The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia housed both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Council of State and the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia from 1705, when the capital was relocated there from Jamestown, until 1780, when the capital was relocated to Richmond. Two capitol buildings served the colony on the same site: the first from 1705 until its destruction by fire in 1747; the second from 1753 to 1780.
The earlier capitol was reconstructed in the early 1930s as part of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. The reconstruction has thus lasted longer than the combined total of both original capitol buildings" -- Wikipedia
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Chaste Tree
Monday, June 26, 2023
Ice and Stone
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Слава Україні!
This sunflower immediately makes me think of events reportedly taking place in Ukraine and Russia this morning. I doubt the world will be any better place as the result of the armed "rebellion" now supposedly taking place in Russia led by members of the extreme right. On the other hand, if it will divert any of Russia's attention and resources away from Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive, then maybe, in strange way, it can ultimately serve to bring peace to that troubled region. We shall see. Слава Україні!
Friday, June 23, 2023
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Spotted this specimen on a trail near my home. Not too difficult to figure out how it got its name:
"The small, inconspicuous flowers of Jack-in-the-pulpit are borne on a fleshy, spike-like inflorescence called a spadix ('Jack'), which is enclosed (or nearly enclosed) by a large, sometimes colorful bract called a spathe ('pulpit'). The flowers are clustered around the base of the spadix inside the spathe. A sterile spadix appendix protrudes from the mouth of the spathe tube. The appendix is covered by the leafy tip of the spathe, referred to as the spathe hood (or spathe lamina). The lip along the mouth of the spathe tube, used as a landing platform for winged insects, is called the spathe flange." -- Wikipedia
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Monday, June 19, 2023
Powell House
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"Benjamin Powell was a carpenter who became a contractor, built a couple of Williamsburg landmarks, and enjoyed the company and counsel of some of 18th-century Williamsburg's leading gentlemen. He acquired his property at the east end of the city in 1763, and for nearly 20 years pursued from there the career of an 'undertaker' – as contractors were called in those days." -- Colonial Williamsburg
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Bottlebrush Buckeye
"The naturalist, explorer and plant collector William Bartram first noted this . . . shrub on his travels through Carolina, Georgia and Florida in 1773–78. An old example was still to be found in Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia, in 1930." -- Wikipedia
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Diary Keepers
Friday, June 16, 2023
Log
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Saunders Bridge
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Farm Table
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Saunders-Monticello Trail
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Waiting
Friday, June 9, 2023
Retention Pond
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Monday, June 5, 2023
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Tea