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Reading Time
I spied this scene outside my back door this past weekend. My fairy statue appears to be reading to the neighborhood squirrel. I always wondered what happened in the backyard when I wasn’t looking. 🙂
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Yet Another Reason
I have an extreme dislike for raccoons. I love hummingbirds. This is my hummingbird feeder I happily filled yesterday afternoon and hung it on the designated hook on my fence….the one I installed last year when I hung my feeder. I originally had a little fancier feeder, but the hummers didn’t seem to interested in it….so I opted for this less expensive one. Day after day I would watch the feeder, hoping for visitors. Sadly, I didn’t experience hummers….but it was late in the year by the time I hung my feeder. I was very hopeful for this year….I would get mine out early. I was timing it with the growth of a large bush…
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Here They Come
Here they come…. Long, slender leaves……. A brilliant yellow color…….. Trumpet shaped flowers…… Announcing the arrival…… Spring! Daffodils!
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Wordless Wednesday
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33 Years Ago…..
Thirty three years ago, my boyfriend at that time and I decided we wanted an adventure. I was 22, he was 27. We were both from the East Coast….I had traveled some in my young years because my father and stepfather were in the Navy……he had spent his entire life in Virginia. I was from the coast, he was from the Piedmont area. We met while working together at a hotel in Williamsburg ~ at that time known as the Best Western 1776. He was a waiter, I was a desk clerk. We met….dated….and fell in love. After a period of dating, we moved in together and planned our adventure. We saved and…
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Signs of Spring
These little guys are everywhere….. My day lilies are pushing through the soil……. …..and a sure sign spring can’t be far off….robin redbreast running around the yard looking for worms…… Spring ~ Bring It On!! 🙂
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Bruton Parish Cemetery
A section of the Bruton Parish Cemetery. Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg. It was established in 1674 in the Virginia Colony and remains an active Episcopal parish. There are some incredibly old tombstones which you can read with your naked eye but they do not photograph well. There were two of these close to the path that I was on that simply said “Confederate Soldier” and a year….. From the Bruton Parish web site…….. Many Confederate Soldiers died in the Battle of Williamsburg fought May 5, 1862 and were buried in the Bruton Parish church yard. At the end of that day, there were 4,000 casualties…
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Undecided
I got off work in time to get some sunset photos earlier this week. I’m having a hard time deciding which one to share with you ~ so I decided to pick all three. In case this is your first visit ~ I do love me a good sunset! 🙂 I wasn’t able to make this next one as large as I would have liked and it fit on the page properly….click on the image to get a larger view
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I jinxed it….
….three inches of wet slush and snow this morning ~ I should have kept my mouth shut about the nice weather!
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Loving Hands
…..young love