Mid-morning, new year’s eve. Apparently the deer don’t eat dead pumpkin.
Seasons
Stafford Regional Choral Society, Dec 15th
Photo by Nikki Piner, forwarded by Elspeth from Facebook.
Autumn
The dwarf Japanese red maple in the blue bench garden on Sunday morning. Also in this picture is one of our largest white oaks, directly behind the blue bench. Sadly, it’s so badly damaged at the base by boring insects that it has become a hazard to the house.
Play ball!
Nationals 3, Mets 2
The winning final moments of the Washington Nationals/New York Mets baseball game Tuesday night. Charlie says he can just make out the ball, a tiny white smudge beyond third base. It does look as though there’s an outfielder starting to run in that direction, but I can tell you it didn’t do him any good. See the next day’s Washington Post game report. This was my first time at a major league baseball game, thanks to my sports fan friends who took me along. What fun! I took the picture with my cell phone.
Clematis overwhelming the light sensor
Mayapples in bloom
We’ve had quite a lot of blooms on the mayapple plants this year. Maybe last year when I could only see one I just wasn’t looking early enough or carefully enough.
Carl’s on a Friday night
A Fredericksburg tradition
Greening Up
After exceeding 90 degrees Tuesday and Wednesday, the rest of the week saw a dramatic greening up. Even “up north” near Gettysburg, I saw a big change, having taken pictures both Wednesday and Saturday of the ridge to the west of the Shamrock Restaurant at Thurmont, Maryland.
Wednesday 10 April:
Saturday 13 April:
One more last gasp of winter
March 25th, 7:14am:
And nearby, 6:43pm:
How can we teach that young dog
to let us sleep in on the weekend?