Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Last random sights from the Colonial town.

A colonist's garden.

OSHA would not be pleased with how this ladder is constructed.

The age of the specialist -  I guess this fellow would open your wine........

........and this fellow down the street would pour it into the glass.

The recreated Capitol building - the first in America in 1705.

The breezeway of the Capitol building.

Getting out of the old jail.

This is my final post from our Williamsburg visit. Time to head back home to New England and resume "real" life after three months on the road.  I doubt I'll continue to post daily as I have been, but on the other hand, each person's home area can be someone else's destination - new and different places to go and things to see are relative - thanks for traveling with me these past few months! 

Colonial Williamsburg People, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Random sights of people in the Colonial town.



Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Here are a few random sights from just wandering around the streets in Colonial Williamsburg.

Seven Royal Governors lived in this house at different times - including Thomas Jefferson.

Lots of benches for tired tourists to sit for a spell.

A colonial four hundred year old sheep basking in the late winter sunshine and warmth.



Wren Building, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

The Sir Christopher Wren Building at the College of William and Mary in Virginia is the oldest college building in the United States and the oldest of the restored public buildings in Williamsburg. It was constructed between 1695 and 1700, before Williamsburg was founded, when the capital of the colony of Virginia was still located at Jamestown. Generations of William and Mary students have attended classes and lectures, enjoyed meals, and attended chapel services therein.

And this huge keyhole requires..........

.......a huge key to open the main door, shown here with a modern key for comparison.

Grommet Anyone?, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

I'm not sure when the humble grommet came in to use - but it wasn't in old Willliamsburg.  Instead, folks placed small round stones along the edge of the canvas or fabric and and tied string/rope around it to be able to attach the fabric to something else. Who would have thought.......

I've always liked grommets, but mostly just Wallace and Gromits.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Painting, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

This blog post is less about Williamsburg and more about me messing around with a newly discovered camera setting: it's called HDR Painting.  It is an in-camera setting. Very little post processing by me and that was mostly just cropping.  But first, a little local history..........

Williamsburg was originally Middle Plantation, a 1632 fortified settlement located on high ground on the peninsula between the James and York rivers. It was renamed Williamsburg after the capital of the Virginia Colony was moved there from Jamestown in 1698.

Today, Williamsburg, Virgina, is probably best known for "Colonial Williamsburg," an historic area restored to present the appearance of life in the18th century. Also very popular for tourism (and students) is the adjacent College of William & Mary. The college was chartered in 1693, and is the second-oldest university in the United States (behind Harvard which was chartered in 1650).

Bricks, bricks, and more bricks.............. bricks are popular in Williamsburg.

So are moss and lichens on the bricks.

And even curved bricks.

I'm not sure how the software works.  Sometimes it explodes the colors ..........

........and sometimes it captures just a hint of color.  Perhaps it's the angle of the light, or the falling rain, or just plain old magic?  I'll go with the magic.

Magnolia blooms.

A split rail fence.