Day 65

Today was Edgar Allan Poe's birthday party (he was actually born on Jan 19th, 1809 and died on October 7, 1849), so the RVA Freaks headed over to the Poe Museum of Richmond for the celebration. While someone was speaking about the history of Poe's friends' art at a tone I couldn't understand well (I have hearing loss), I wondered around the courtyard and took photos.

I like the fuzz on these buds.

This tree is behind the building for the bust of Poe. The ivy has climbed the tree, covering the trunk completely and up around some branches. I love seeing ivy do this. I grew up with lots of ivy covered trees.

These buds remind me of the ones on my Camellia bush, but aren't for a Camellia, as you will see in the three photos below.

These are just opening. It's neat to find more plants that flower in the Winter.

This one is almost fully open.

This one is completely open and in the process of wilting.

The top tree had these red and orange berries all over it, but I preferred this photo that appears as if the tree in the foreground and those in the back ground are touching. They aren't.

This bush just has buds. The buds look similar to the Camellia buds, but don't have the fuzz like mine do.

Day 10

Today, we went to Belle Isle as a group outing. I took a lot of photos, here are some of my favorites. There are photos of the James River, trees and plants. Most of the photos are landscapes, but there are some close up ones, like I normally do.

James River view from part of the North Bank

Fern like plant

The Robert E. Lee Bridge, with a walking bridge below it. We have to take the walking bridge to get the island...isle.

View of the James River from the walking bridge

Trees on the isle

More trees

View of the river from part of the south bank of the isle.

This is a view of the main path along the south bank.

A view of the James River. If you look at the other side of the river, you will see little buildings at the top and ones to the right. The ones at the top are Hollywood Cemetery and the ones to the right are the old Tredegar Ironworks.

Belle Isle Quarry Pond

A tree near the picnic tables

James River

The water level is under 5 feet. Therefor, the rocks show more than the water does at certain parts...like this area. I liked how the trees reflected in the pool of water.

Same area of river, but a different view of it.

Fallen leaves in the valley of a large rock

These looked like they were made from paper.

Purple waxen flowers

If you look closely, you will see an animal hair on end of the flowers.

White Dandelion

Purple spiky flower