" The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances". - Martha Washington

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Rural garden

Visited here - West Moreland county Virginia,  2011 in October.   Originally settled by John Washington,  George Washingtons great grandfather.   Born February 22, 1732 George lived here til age 3 
A garden on the property with  the scarecrow.    

A simple candle lantern

I am sharing with rurality blog hop 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh! I love the scarecrow! Very nice photos.

Marissa
xx

Fran said...

Lovely shots. I love the window treatment on your blog heading.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful photos ~ love the lantern and the scare crow ~ very creative ^_^

Anonymous said...

Wonderful photos ~ love the lantern and the scare crow ~ very creative ^_^

Chatty Crone said...

Very interesting! sandie

Judy at GoldCountryCottage said...

Hi Betsy. I just love the history you folks have around you in your area of the US. I bet that is a charming place to visit, and I think I forgot to mention last time I visited, I love your header picture with the pieces of glass that are so great with the leaves on your curtains..Happy Wednesday..Judy

Anonymous said...

Love, love that scarecrow! Thank you for joining in 'Rurality Blog Hop #6' Hope to see you next Wednesday for #7...

Anonymous said...

So wonderful to see this! I had family living in the area waaay back then. :)
Wishing you a lovely day,
Zuzu