Day 59 - Winter Walk-Off 2016

Today I accepted the Winter Walk-Off 2016 Challenge from fellow blogger Les Parks and his A Tidewater Gardener blog. I decided to head to one of my favorite places in the neighborhood, Turtle Lake located in the Carolanne Farms Neighborhood Park in Virginia Beach. This area is part of the Elizabeth River Nature and Canoe Trail on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River.

I start my late winter journey with a crocus along the way.

Enter the park where Challedon Drive and Gainsbourgh Road meet.

One of the lake's namesake turtles catching some late afternoon sun.

A pair of mallards swam over to greet me.

The Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River at low tide.

Marsh grass along the shore.

A gum ball caught on its way to the ground and now serving as a cobweb anchor.

Day 48 - Rainbow Slinky

My rainbow plastic Slinky illuminated with an LED Litepanel.

Day 47 - Crystal Golf

Day 46 - Fire Power.

The "Fire Power" nandina is bright red with a quick dusting of morning snow.

Day 45 - Valentines Day

Day 45 - Celebrating ‪Valentines Day‬ with Brown Estate 2010 Rosemary's Block Zinfandel.

Day 44 - I Have a Dream

Dancer Elbert Watson interprets Martin Luther King, Jr's "I have a dream at a Slover Library African-American History Month program.

Day 43 - A rose is a rose is a rose

"A rose is a rose is a rose" even without color.