Totally beautiful day. Totally beautiful tulips. Longwood Gardens. WIN.
Category: Photography
01Apr
Beautiful day for a short walk in Longwood Gardens. Strangely warm. I think it is somewhere in the mid 60′s. Windy but lovely!
If you are, perchance, thinking about a trip to see the “Spring Blooms” you may want to wait a bit longer. The only blooming is in the conservatory. The Flower Garden Walk has tons of green shoots but no blooms. Same for the trees.
The most people I have seen at Brandywine Battlefield since the PHMC cut the knees out from under ALL the Revolutionary War sites in the State of PA. Of course if you want to visit the Log Museum or the Oil Derrick you are just fine. I’m sure that cutting out the funding for all the Rev War and F&I sites and keeping the lame-ass industrial sites in the middle of nowhere had absolutely nothing to do with the makeup of the committee and where the sites were located. JUST SAYIN’.
Also great to see that the items that were looted from the battlefield’s museum collection by PHMC have been returned.
This past weekend I attended the Revolutionary War muster at the Colonial Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park. Great fun! It is a working 18th century farm with an onsite ‘farmer’ and ‘farmer’s wife’ that live on the farm and maintain it. They also have heritage livestock including a great sow with her wee piglets.
MANY PICTURES WERE TAKEN.
27Jan
14+ inches. Oy. Wet and heavy snow = tree damage. Unfortunately. The white birch? I should have known. The upper 1/3 was dying off. My landscaper warned me about it just a few months ago. The damage to the purple plums is actually a blessing. They have needed removal for some time but I kept putting it off and putting it off because I like the spring show they put on. But they are not strong trees nor ones that live long lives. So, adieu.
clearing snow from part 2 of the storm
If you didn’t see the Betsy Ross exhibit at Winterthur, shame on you. It was wonderful. It did an excellent job debunking all the mythology and presenting the true history of this famous lady in a very easy accessible manner. It was all about who she actually was and what she actually did while gently saying, ‘that crapola you were fed in school? the stuff about George Washington, the first U.S. flag, and the stars all in a circle? Uh, NO’.
ALSO. There was a very fine exhibit of close stools. Nothing better than that. XD
Of course I was going to take pictures of the chamber pots and urinals. Of COURSE.
Close stools of various varieties
A porcelain pot that was used as a flowerpot by Henri DuPont
Some pretty urinals. I particularly like the cat.
Really a quiet holiday break. Sickness for everyone! Sickness all ’round! *blerg* Plus the snow. Sorta screwed up lots of plans but still! No work! JOY!
And cool Yule presents. Including a vasculum from Giordano Tinsmiths. Yes, this is how far my historical geekery goes. VASCULUM.
A few photos …..
My Lord of the Rings ornament.
Mostly? 2 Visits to Longwood Gardens. Once on Christmas Eve. (The best time to go as there are no crowds at all and there are people wearing GREAT hats.) Once on New Years Eve to see the fireworks. (Recommended only if you can stand large crowds. EVERYWHERE.)
And now, to the photos …..