SWAC Girl: spring in Virginia

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Sunday, April 20, 2014

We are a board game family and today was no exception

Whenever we get together, board games are a part of our entertainment. Quirkle was on deck when I took this photo. SWAC Son has a stock of games that could entertain for weeks and always comes up with some new and interesting varieties for our gaming pleasure. And the tradition continues....

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
Easter 2014
April 20, 2014

Bird houses, wisteria, and spring in Virginia

In my parents' yard are many bird houses tenderly and carefully cared for by my step-dad. These are just a few, with wisteria in the background, of the many that provide hours of enjoyment watching the wide variety of Virginia birds.

It's spring in Virginia....

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
Easter 2014
April 20, 2014

Bluebird 1, car 0

On this Easter Sunday, we obviously parked in the wrong place as far as this bluebird was concerned. The reflective glass and shiny chrome made it appear there was another bluebird encroaching on his territory and he obviously was having none of it. As we watched from the window inside the house, he repeatedly flew to the nest, then back to our car to peck at his reflection in the chrome, then back to the nest, then back to the car ... on and on and on.

Peck, peck, peck.

It was obvious he wasn't going to give up. Could a little bluebird damage our car? We gave up and moved it. Bluebird 1, car 0.

Update: H/t Susan and Jeff Sili for informing this was the daddy bird (instead of my earlier reference to a female), something I have corrected in the text. Thanks also to Donald Williams for adding more detail about the male bluebirds.

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
Easter 2014
April 20, 2014

Another window on the world ... spring flowers, trees, quiet corners

A stroll around my parents' corner of the world was a walk into spring with green grass, flowering trees, and blooming flowers. The palate of blues, purples, pinks, reds, and yellows were typical of this time of year in Virginia.

Their wisteria has been blooming through the cold temperatures of last week and is still a vivid show of color.

I don't know what these are but they certainly were pretty.

A quiet corner amongst the flowers and trees.

The kids got together one Christmas and gave the flag and pole to our World War II Navy veteran step-dad, and he added a light for night viewing.

Their own Narnia lamp post.

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
Easter 2014
April 20, 2014

Saturday, April 05, 2014

It's spring in Roanoke

I found spring this week, and it was in Roanoke. The flowering trees and forsythia haven't begun to bloom in my corner of Augusta County -- just jonquils and daffodils -- but in Roanoke it was a flourish of color and green grass.

Azaleas were in full bloom at this house off Plantation Road.

We had driven to Roanoke Friday to join political friends and Ed Gillespie for lunch and I was surprised as we entered the Roanoke Valley with all the colors of spring.