Williamsburg

Green

The first fireworks of Spring are fading in my yard, and the predominant color is green.

There's more green than blossom in the planter.

The strawberry bush (heart's a burstin) is loaded with buds. It'll have small, nondescript white flowers before the strawberry appears in late summer.

These are about to burst into white.

And the lavender blossoms sway on silvery sage colored stems.

And, am I the only one who didn't know about the honeysuckle shrub?  This one must be 50 years old because it's a tree.

Til next time.

One Saturday in April

I love my yard in April.  Especially the backyard.  

The creeping jenny and the chocolate chip ajuga complement each other nicely, though the jenny is not playing nicely.  It is trying to smother the ajuga.  But it looks pretty now.

My neighbor's cherry trees are lovely.

Yes, my lot slopes.  Somehow it looks more dramatic here.  Yes I corrected for lens distortion.

LOVE the fern silhouette.

And the prehistoric looking fern forest.

Replanted the planters I've had for years - since an apartment in Montgomery.  Egads, that was a long time ago.

View to the neighbor's side of the yard.

Gus reminds me of Ferdinand the Bull here.  Sort of.

I thought the dogwood was going to die last year.  

These guys are planted under the deck stairs:  trillium from under the pines, solomon's seal and somthing I can't remember the name of.

I've always loved shooting into the light.  When I saw this I imagined that it looked like the plants must feel as they soak up the sun.

Morning dew

Hometown Landmarks 2

This home sits next to the former Catholic church building - which was purchased years ago and named the Emporium.  I never have been inside either the old Catholic church or this building, but always loved looking at them.

And by the way, the old Catholic church building was much more beautiful than the utilitarian replacement that was built out beyond the by-pass.

Hometown Landmarks

Many of the places I remember from my childhood are already gone.  So, when I was visiting my family this weekend, my niece & nephews and SIL and I went on a photo drive.  The object was to capture some of the landmarks I remember.  This is one - and in fact, I look at the wonderful upstairs windows and imagine it as a great studio.