Spring is a fabulous time of year everywhere, I suppose, but I especially enjoy it here on the East coast. The cherry blossoms were a blog post of their own, but here are some pictures from the rest of the lovely places we visited this spring.
Since Kent has one of the prettiest yards in North Stafford, I thought I'd put some pictures from his garden in this post.
He's developing a new area of the yard with a small bridge and paths.
The clematis in our front yard had a bumper crop this year.
I hosted a crepes party for the ward book group.
It was fun to bring some of the lovely azaleas and spring colors from Kent's yard into the house for decorations.
In Richmond, Virginia, there's a historic mansion completed in the 1890's during the Gilded Age.
The owners had no children, so they left the estate to the city of Richmond.
The home and grounds are now a public park. When we were there it was spring break in Richmond, so there were lots of children and families enjoying the spring weather.
We took a tour of the home, which has been maintained as it was when the owners lived there.
There were many lovely architectural details, as seen in the photos below.
I'd toured the home before but wasn't allowed to take photos, so it was fun to be able to this time.
A dining room table set up a la Downton Abbey!
A Worth Ball Gown from the 1890's.
A unique swan bed.
Me in the front entryhall. Kent took the picture from the staircase.
Out in the formal gardens.
A better picture of the garden.
The path on the way down to the Japanese garden.
There were cherry blossom trees in bloom!
There were bridges, streams and waterfalls.
It was a very enjoyable spring day!
I'd heard about a tulip farm about an hour's drive away from us and wanted to see it.
I have to say it was very expensive and very disappointing.
These pictures make it look better than it was. The tulip fields were very underwhelming, but I guess when you've been to Holland and seen the tulip fields in Holland, nothing can compare!
As evidence I submit these photos from our trip to Holland in 2006. (Above and below)
Another rather disappointing place we went was the Winchester (Virginia) Apple Blossom Festival. Somehow I envisioned rows of apple trees covered in blossoms, like the cherry blossom trees in DC. Nope, just a few blossoms here and there that took some looking to find.
It was a waste of a drive and an afternoon, so we won't be going back to the Apple Blossom Festival!
We went up to Pennsylvania to go to thePhiladelphia Temple, and on our way we stopped to see the tulips in bloom at Longwood Gardens.
Their tulip gardens were not a disappointment!
We went last year in May to see the tulips, but it was the end of the season and not many were still in bloom, so it was rather disappointing.
We went earlier in the season and I think we hit the peak bloom this year.
The fountains were on at the Italian gardens.
The corner of the gardens with the castle's turret and waterfall is always one of our favorites.
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