Project 365 – PJM Rhodie.
Day 125 – Raining again… and the PJM Rhododendron outside my front door at home was simply aglow!
Day 124 – 04May2011 – Waiting for hummers
May 4, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Waiting for hummers.
Day 124 – I hear there are hummingbirds around now… but none at this feeder.
Day 123 – 03May2011 – Notions
May 3, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Notions.
Day 123 – It is so nice to live in a place where a store can still advertise that they sell “notions”. It isn’t a term I see a lot of these days…
Day 122 – 02May2011 – Bones of a Wigwam
May 2, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Bones of a Wigwam.
Day 122 – I had a look around Port Royal National Historic Site today and noticed their large Wigwam in its winter state – with no covering. Thought it would make an interesting shot…
Soon the wigwam will look more complete, as Port Royal and all the National Historic Sites gear up for their season opening on May 15.
Day 121- 01May 2011 – Look who’s driving!
May 1, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Look who’s driving!
Day 121 – Sometimes you happen on a situation that just requires a picture… and that picture speaks for itself. This was one of those times.
Day 120 – 30Apr2011 – Courthouse Magnolias
April 30, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Courthouse Magnolias.
Day 120 – The magnolias all around Annapolis Royal are in various stages of bloom – some are in full bloom, like these Dr. Merrill magnolias shown in front of the Court House. Others are budding up and getting ready for a great bloom.
Overall, it appears that the next couple weeks should be prime “magnolia watch” season in Annapolis Royal, perfect timing for our “Celebrating Magnolias” weekend May 6-8.
Day 119 – 29Apr2011 – Where were YOU?
April 29, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Where were YOU?
Day 119 – I couldn’t think of a more fitting shot today than one of my television set this morning. Like many others, I got up early today to watch the Royal Wedding. And I’m glad I did.
What a nice positive event in a world that desperately needs more happy celebrations.
Day 118 – 28Apr2011 – Half Masted
April 28, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Half Masted.
Day 118 – As I drove past Fort Anne at suppertime, I noticed their flag was at half mast. It made for an interesting shot, with the Sieur de Mons statue in the distance.
I had to Google it to figure out why they were at half mast – turns out April 28 was designated as a federal Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace.
Day 117 – 27Apr2011 – Bright Car
April 27, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – Bright Car.
Day 117 – A dark and dreary day all around, so when I saw this bright, snazzy Beetle in a parking lot I knew it had to be my photo of the day!
Day 116 – 26Apr2011 – A Daffodil Faerie
April 26, 2011 — thegardenshutterbug
Project 365 – A Daffodil Faerie.
Day 116 – A colleague of mine commented today on the mysterious appearance of daffodils in an otherwise “needy” hillside at one of the entrances to Town. He wondered aloud if the Faeries who had been building the houses in Town may have had a hand in planting daffodils along the hillside.
I’m not sure how these daffs came to be, but I look forward to the spring highlight that they will become in a few years. This hillside, littered with signage, is often looked upon as an eyesore. In late June it comes alive with tons of lupins in bloom, and now it will have April beauty as well.
A GENIUS move on the part of an unknown bulb planter? For the record, I’m laying odds that it was one of Cecily Mary Barker’s “Flower Fairies” at work… the Daffodil Fairy to be precise, whose song goes like this…
I’m everyone’s darling: the blackbird and starling
Are shouting about me from blossoming boughs;
For I, the Lent Lily, the Daffy-down-dilly,
Have heard through the country the call to arouse,
The orchards are ringing with voices a-singing
The praise of my petticoat, praise of my gown;
The children are playing, and hark! they are saying
That Daffy-down-dilly is come up to town!
from “Flower Fairies of the Spring”by Cicely Mary Barker
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