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Little House
I took a walk around Colonial Williamsburg yesterday during my lunch hour….trying to come to grips with the email I had received. I brought my camera with me and took a few photos while I was out. Colonial Williamsburg has many of these restored homes through out the area…..some are guest houses, some are private residences. The residences are posted as private but I wonder how often a tourist tries to get in to have a look see. I have seen some try before…jiggling the door knobs or knocking. I really like these little houses. I often thought it would be really cool to live in one….except there are a lot of restrictions. …
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Memories
I have spent the better part of the day transferring home movies from video tape to DVD’s…….watching my babies. I am about a quarter of the way through the transfer process ~ and I’m loving the memories! 🙂
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The Hand
Taken outside the old power plant at the College of William and Mary.
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A Couple More…
Are you tired of the bird shots yet? I have a couple of more practice shots I took Tuesday afternoon…..again with the 55 -250 lens…. Again, through the sliding glass door ~ it is a little too chilly to sit outside quietly and wait for them to come….but I can’t wait for Spring and Summer!! 🙂
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Practice
I’m having fun playing with the new camera. I had some visitors after I filled the bird feeders on Sunday. I took these through the sliding glass door so they are not as clear as they could be if I was outside. I was practicing with my 55-250 lens… If you look at the left hand of this next photo, you can see another bird ~ mouth wide open! I didn’t even realize that bird was there until I processed this photo, I was concentrating on the other. I almost cut the second bird off with the edge of the door…… It has been a long time since I used something other than a point and shoot…..a…
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Snow Melt
We had a beautiful, albeit windy day on Thursday. All of the snow you see in these photos I took on Wednesday melted. You may also notice the water standing with the snow. The melting snow has contributed to those puddles. They are beginning to look like creeks. Believe it or not, there has been standing water here for months (although not quite this bad)….possibly since our monster nor’easter on November 12th of last year. We have had incredible amounts of rain this fall and winter, with a splash of snow here and there. The water levels in the reservoirs and lakes are higher than I have seen in a very long time. These images were taken on my…
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Let It Rain?
Our forecast for Wednesday was a rain/mix with a chance of snow showers…on my way to work, it was raining lightly, and then it began to snow…. ….and after I got to work, it began to snow harder……. …..and harder……… ….we began to hear rumors that the College was going to be closing ~ excitement was in the air. You can’t tell from the photo above, but to the right is quite a steep hill which leads down to our parking area and the maintenance shops. Almost right after the rumor began, a semi truck came to make a delivery….he began to go down the hill….slid sideways and got stuck ~ blocking the…
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Cheatham Annex
The same day I took this image, while waiting for the moon to rise, I looked to my left and saw this scene at Cheatham Annex. Located on the York River, and part of Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, these piers are visible from the Colonial Parkway. While these ships may not look that huge in the photo, if you look closely you can see what appears to be tiny little trucks parked next to them. As the sun set, it was casting this lovely color across the sky and water. I applied Shadowhouse Creations V25b texture as an overlay to give it a bit of a boost.
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Happy Charter Day William & Mary
“On February 8, 1693, King William III and Queen Mary II of England signed the charter for a “perpetual College of Divinity, Philosophy, Languages, and other good Arts and Sciences” to be founded in the Virginia Colony. And William & Mary was born.” ~ College of William and Mary website
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Snowy Saturday
The day started out with some sleet which soon turned in to a very wet snowfall. The snow ended earlier this evening and the temperatures have dropped considerably. Prior to the snow, I refilled the bird feeders around my house. I liked this photo of the male and female cardinals at the feeder and the little visitor on the pole. Vintage Soft Grunge Texture #14 by Shadowhouse Creations applied.