16 Things About Winter
Winter may not be my favorite season, but here's 16 reasons why it's still a good time of the year!
Walk in Wonder
It’s late autumn in the far southern part of the United States. I’m enjoying late afternoon walks near my house and here are ten things I’ve noticed while walking.
The Muse Has Left The Building
Remember on the old Frazier show, how it would always end with “Frazier has left the building“, a riff of course on the phrase, “Elvis has left the building“. Well, in response to weekly photo challenge for this week on muse, I find it hard to show what’s calling to me because nothing is. The…
A Walk in October (2014)
I went to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens last weekend. I wanted a walk, I wanted some fresh air, and I wanted to see what was new for picture taking. What a change from just three weeks earlier! Many of the flowers that had been in bloom were no longer there. The top row of…
Observations On Autumn
Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter’s deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg,…
Summer Colors
The summer doldrums came early this year. Last year, I didn’t complain about it until nearly the end of August. This year, I’ve been languishing in it for the last several weeks. It didn’t stop me from going to the botanical gardens several weeks ago to see if possibly – MAYBE – I could find…
Anatomy of Spring
Spring arrived this week in central Virginia, bringing a different gift each day. Seeing robins shivering in snow is a sign of spring, but it isn’t really spring yet until the trees have leaves on them! Change has finally come, which is also this week’s photo challenge. Monday – I came in to work, to…
Wordless Wednesday: Fall’s Crepe Myrtle
Today’s Wordless Wednesday comes from Colonial Williamsburg a few weeks ago, during the few moments that the sun came out. To see how it looked when the garden was in flower, click here.
A Walk In November (Autumn Sounds)
This week’s Six Word Friday uses the word “sound”, something I was thinking about after my walk last weekend at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens: Autumn has more sounds than expected. I don’t know why, but I was expecting a quiet, contemplative walk around the gardens, enjoying silence and beauty. The beauty was there, but…
Living The Seasons 