September 14, 2018

Five Images from Oatlands.


1. This fence interested me, with its varied-height pickets and the sharp angle. On the hill behind it stands Oatlands, built between 1804 and the 1820s.

Black and White Weekend.
2. Here's a better view of the manor house. My older pictures of Oatlands show a deeper yellow paint color.

Sharing with Skywatch Friday.

3. Oatlands is known for its lovely gardens, so I'm devoting the rest of this post to them.

I filtered the image of the zinnias to give it a bit of drama for Orange You Glad It's Friday and Floral Friday.

4. Frank wanted to see water features so we traipsed down to the lily pond. It is a peaceful spot.

5. Since there were many flowers calling to me to take their portrait, I made a collage of pictures from the gardens using PhotoCollage

P.S. If you are in the path of Hurricane Florence (or any other storm), please be cautious. It has not reached us in Virginia yet but we are expecting days of rain, and the ground is already wet from a series of showers. We have extra supplies in case the road to town gets flooded or the power goes out.

Keep your phone charged!


15 comments:

  1. ...that fence is so interesting, there sure are a lot of fence designs! Such lovely garden features. Thanks Linda for sharing, enjoy your week. I hope that we get some Florence's rain!

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  2. That's a really attractive fence!

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  3. Looks like it may be time to go back to Oatlands!

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  4. Beautiful house, and I would like to explore those gardens, too!

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  5. Wonderful photos...I think I miss a lot of the beauty of your flowers when they're cropped into a mosaic.

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  6. That is a fine looking fence obviously built by a craftsman who knew what he or she was doing.

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  7. A beautiful fence and b&w works well with it. I like the lily pond, it does look peaceful.

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