spring

Leicester Longwool lambs enjoy a spring day in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Leicester Longwool lambs enjoy a spring day in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Leicester Longwool lambs enjoy a spring day in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Leicester Longwool lambs enjoy a spring day in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Leicester Longwool lambs enjoy a spring day in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House, March 11, 2021.

Bluebirds nest in a bird bottle mounted on the side of a building in the Historic Area.

Bluebirds nest in a bird bottle mounted on the side of a building in the Historic Area.

Bluebirds nest in a bird bottle mounted on the side of a building in the Historic Area.

Bluebirds nest in a bird bottle mounted on the side of a building in the Historic Area.

A bluebird sits on a fence post near the John Blair kitchen and smokehouse.

A lantern is almost covered in flowering springtime wisteria as they both hang from a corner of an outbuilding at Bassett Hall.

A view through the gate of the kitchen garden at the Benjamin Powell House.

A flowering dogwood tree and several hedges frame the Benjamin Powell Kitchen.

A Lantana flower peeps out between the pickets of the fence at the Benjamin Powell House, fall, 2010.

Nicotiana or "Flowering Tobacco" blooms in the Benjamin Powell Kitchen Garden in the spring.

Aerial view of the Governor's Palace and surrounding gardens taken by a drone.

Aerial view of the Governor's Palace and surrounding gardens taken by a drone.

Aerial view of the Courthouse and Market Square taken by drone. The Peyton Randolph House (red building) is at right along with the Ludwell Tenement (gold). To the left is the St. George Tucker House with the Governor's Palace beyond.

Aerial view of the Peyton Randolph House, outbuildings and surrounding environs taken by drone. The tunnel for the Colonial Parkway can be seen at lower left.

Aerial view of the Magazine taken by drone.

The bridge at the Governor's Palace canal in the spring.

Radish blooms in the spring at the Colonial Garden.

Leicester longwool sheep and their new spring lambs in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Spring tulips bloom in the Historic Area.

An interpreter strides away from the Capitol on an early spring day.