Longwood Gardens is a marvelous botanical garden with over 4 million square meters of garden flowers, wild flowers, parks and meadows, and a large conservatory to protect weather sensitive plants. Some friends and I explored the gardens on an overcast day. I had some of my best cameras and lenses with me.
Great Blue Herons on the James River by Richmond
The James flows through Richmond bringing with it an abundance of fish and waterfowl. It was fun to run along a catwalk that lies atop a pipeline that extends below a railroad track that runs along the river, and catch up with some herons fishing and a river snake sunbathing.
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James River Pipeline Walkway
Great Blue Heron Diving for a Catch
Female Speckled Wood Butterfly in the Villa Ndio Garden
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a Dandelion in the Villa Ndio Garden
Poppy Close Up
Villa Ndio Dandelion
Bombus Lucorum Approaches a Dead Nettle in the Villa Ndio Garden
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) — Villa Ndio
