Peonies II

Peonies

 

On the Fence

 

Spring Garden

 

Snowballs

 

 

 

Linking again today to Skywatch Friday.

Fiery

Camellia

 

Irises

 

Staircases

 

Stopped to talk to one of the carpenters employed by Colonial Williamsburg to maintain its historic structures and learned why colonial staircases were so often built next to windows. It was to take advantage of as much available natural light as possible. Otherwise, it could be rather dark in these houses.

Sprung

 

Despite today's expected rain and cool temperatures might suggest, spring has sprung. Redbuds and buttercups never lie. :-)

Magic

 

The tulips here are beginning to fade, slowly giving way to other flowering plants like irises, wisteria, azaleas, and camelias. Always, to my mind at least, a magical time of year.

Open Carriage

 

Beautiful day for an open carriage ride AND another link to Skywatch Friday.

Wisteria

Polychromatic

Bokeh

Aluminum

 

 

 

This was my first introduction to aluminum bells (above). As was explained during the concert, they were chosen for two reasons: 1) they're lighter than their bronze equivalents, and 2) they have what the choir director called a more "fundamental" tone, by which I think he meant that they generate fewer overtones that tend to overwhelm the sound from the smaller bells. 

Raleigh Ringers

 

The Raleigh Ringers concert at the Second Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia last Sunday. 

Spring Chronicle

 

Continuing my spring chronicle . . .

Compton Oak

 

Linking again today with Skywatch Friday

Pretty in Pink

 

Daisies

 

Redbud

 

Secret Garde

 

This is a quiet little garden bordered on all sides by buildings, so it's pretty easy to miss as you amble along Colonial Williamsburg's side streets and certainly from the town's main drag, Duke of Gloucester Street. 

Little Free Library

 

"Cheery"

 

A "cheery" sight for elementary school students.

Blooms

 

Linking again to Skywatch Friday

Jessamine

 

One of my favorite hedges. Sparrows like it too. :-)

Tulips VI

 

I've been mesmerized by this year's colors after so many weeks and months of winter.

Tulips V

 

Tulips IV