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Snow
Our first snow fall…. …there is always something special about the first one of the year…. ….peaceful….beautiful….magikal….
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What I See
Yesterday was quite foggy in Hampton Roads….when I left my house it was really dense….almost too dense. The fog lightened up quite a bit the closer I got to Williamsburg and I got an idea. I travel down the Colonial Parkway during the last leg of my drive to work. It is always a beautiful drive but one of the things I love about the parkway is the fact there are no traffic lights and I can count on one hand the number of cars I see on my way to work each morning. I carry my point and shoot camera with me so I decided to take a couple…
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Scenes From Williamsburg
I was searching for a photograph this evening and ran across some images I had taken a little over a year ago during one of my walking lunches. The above image is the gate that leads into the Bruton Parish Church cemetery. I love the trees around Williamsburg….huge, ancient and oddly shaped. Moss covered brick walls are something else that is quite commonplace in the colonial area. This image is the Governor’s Palace…yes, your read that right, Palace. From the Colonial Williamsburg website: “The word “Palace” was first used for the governor’s house about 1714. Whether the term was used as irony in reference to its expense, or simply to designate an official residence is debatable. …
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Bruton Parish Church
I processed this image to give it a vintage type post card look. I was attempting to get this shot without anyone in the photograph and I almost succeeded. Do you know how hard it is to get a shot of any landmark in Colonial Williamsburg without people ~ especially in the summer? Well let’s just say I’m extremely lucky there is only one family and one couple (behind the tree) in the image. Generally people are crawling all over these grounds like ants on an ant hill. I waited and waited ~ the life of a photographer….lots of waiting sometimes for your shot. Here’s a little info about the subject matter ~ no worries…I will…
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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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Bull
During my walk through Colonial Williamsburg on Tuesday, I came upon this guy. I was actually taking some photographs a little way down the street from him. It seemed as soon as he saw me, he began to mooooooo again and again…..or is it considered mooing if it is a bull? Anyway, on and on he went until I crossed the street and walked up closer. Then he stopped….I almost got the impression he wanted me to pet him. I know these animals are exposed to a lot of people on a daily basis. There are tourists here year round…..but I wasn’t so comfortable with the idea of getting my…
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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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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…