I think the real beauty of the Beaver Trail in York River State Park, as is true of most trails, is in the details, as in the case of the spider web shown above and the seedling below.
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Bump-outs
One of the results of the pandemic is a desire on the part of some businesses to make more-or-less permanent the outdoor dining that became popular. Here, for instance, is part of the transformation beginning to take place. Officials are calling it a "bump-out".
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
(Mostly) Clear Skies
Well, with the exception of yesterday's brief and passing storms, conditions here have been mostly sunny and warm, with afternoon temps in the mid to upper 80s. Quite nice, actually.
Still keeping my eye(s) on the sky at Skywatch Friday.
Friday, August 4, 2023
Waterfront
Just a last couple of shots of the Yorktown waterfront showing the Coleman Bridge above and the statues representing an imagined conversation between Gen. George Washington, Adm. Francois Joseph Paul, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Comte de Grasse.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Congregational Church
I've passed by this church many times before and admired what appears to me to be its quintessential New England architecture. This time, on the Fourth of July, I finally stopped to take a couple of photographs.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Bridge
My old friend, the Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge. The rail bed was "acquired by the state in 1985 and developed into the trail in 1993, as its current name. The name of 'Norwottuck' was the result of a suggestion by the Hadley Historical Commission, who believed that the name corresponded to the local Native American tribe, the Norwottucks. It was also the term for the entire area." -- Wikipedia
Monday, July 10, 2023
BOS
Again, I was very surprised at how few travelers there were July 3. When I've arrived at these counters before, the "mouse mazes" have been chock full with people dragging their carryon and checkin bags behind them. Not this time
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
Monday, June 19, 2023
Powell House
"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
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Saunders Bridge
Saunders Bridge, opened on July 3, 2002, serves "as Monticello's main vehicular entrance and a link between sections of the Saunders-Monticello Trail on the north and south side of Route 53.
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Restoration
You may remember when I posted about the Bray School being relocated to its new site in Colonial Williamsburg. Well, now that it's in place, it's restoration is underway.
Monday, May 1, 2023
Tucker House
"The St. George Tucker House is one of the original colonial homes in Historic Williamsburg. It was built in 1718–19 for William Levingston (who, incidentally, built the first theater in America). The house eventually came into the hands of St. George Tucker who had moved from Bermuda to Williamsburg. Tucker was a lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary and later became a state and federal judge. In 1796, Judge Tucker wrote a controversial pamphlet addressed to the General Assembly of Virginia. In it he laid out a plan to end slavery in Virginia because 'the abolition of slavery was of great importance for the moral character of the citizens of Virginia.' He is also famous for his 1803 edition of Blackstone's Commentaries. which has become an indispensable American law text." -- Wikipedia
Monday, April 17, 2023
Sunday, April 16, 2023
CNU
Yesterday found me on my way over to the Peebles Theater on the Christopher Newport University's (CNU) Newport News campus to attend the senior recital of a very talented friend.
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Round Steps
I took these photos as part of an informal study of approaches various people have taken with steps.
I have to say that I find these rounded steps particularly attractive and inviting. What do you think?
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Filter
Well, so as not to keep everyone in suspense about yesterday's post, here's the explanation. Continuing work on my car, I replaced the cabin filter. What happened, however, is that I became fascinated by the way my camera captured the images of both the filter and the chamber in which the filter is housed.
Here's the new filter.
And here's the chamber where the filter is housed.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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