Selfie by Tim.
Grace Episcopal, Casanova, Virginia
Built 1865, a country church on a woodsy dirt road. A nice view across farmland to the east.
Deer at Dad’s kitchen window
Grazing under the bird feeder
Hellebore
I’ve seen hellebores blooming even in the dead of winter, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a wide-open bloom.
St David’s Day
Sandy surprised me with this first daffodil — I’d said none were out yet.
Waiting for spring
The ground’s littered with those prickly seed pods from the sweetgum trees, but the magnolia buds are swelling, and today we spotted our first crocus!
Quick, deer
Trying out the new wildlife camera, hoping for a bit better than this, almost 7am on Feb 7th. But three days later about midnight we got these two at the same spot:
One of them got even closer . . .
Super blue blood moon eclipse
Couldn’t see the January 31st early-morning eclipse from our half of North America, but by bedtime the moon was again dominating our sky. A couple of weeks later I adjusted exposure and other settings in Lightroom, but left the original viewable here.
On his usual perch
Lately this particular squirrel (I guessed) has been spending time in this particular spot, visible with the sun behind him, catching my eye during my after-breakfast cup of tea. But is it the same squirrel? Another shot, a slightly different pose, three days later:
Icy Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg
From the little unnamed fishermen’s park on River Road in Stafford, looking at sunset across the icy Rappahannock River towards Old Town, Fredericksburg, Virginia.