One year ago October, our friends Kathy and Bob from Winchester, Virginia visited us. They gave us our first camellia bonsai tree. Since then I have been careful to make sure it was watered regularly here in the desert southwest. Although it is typically a late fall blooming plant, the little tree didn’t have any blossoms when we receive it. So, we have been anxiously waiting for it to bloom this fall, wondering if the buds were ever going to open. This image is the first blossom.
Thanks again, Kathy and Bob for the lovely bonsai.
We have known Bob and Kathy McNeily for about ten years. A year after we moved to Tucson from The Woodlands, TX, they moved to Winchester, VA. In 2013 we visited them at their home in Virginia. This week they finally made it out to see us in Tucson and we did our best showing them Tucson. These are a few photos taken during their visit.
Kathy and Joy in The Gardens at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Image by kenne
The Glen Burnie Gardens include the Pink Pavilion and Fountain Courtyard, the Boxwood Parterre and Knot Garden, and Vegetable, Perennial, Rose, and Herb Gardens. The historic Wood and Glass Family Cemetery is also part of this landscape.
Shenandoah Valley Near Winchester, Virginia — Image by kenne
“Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away, you rolling river. For her I’d cross, Your roaming waters, Away, I’m bound away, ‘Cross the wide Missouri.”
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“Old Jake” Weather Vane In The Museum of The Shenandoah Valley — Image by kenne
Earlier this month we spent a few days with our good friends, Kathy and Bob at their beautiful home, on thirteen acres, outside Winchester, Virginia. In less than a year, they have done much to clear the Shale Ridge property near the house, adding a “four board” fence on one side of the house for their two golden retrievers. Much has also been cleared in the meadow down along the creek that runs through the property. Shale Ridge is in the beauty Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Our visit was brief, but as always a wonderful time was spent together.
First Camellia Bonsai Blossom — Image by kenne
Kathy and Joy in The Gardens at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Image by kenne
Shenandoah Valley Near Winchester, Virginia — Image by kenne
“Old Jake” Weather Vane In The Museum of The Shenandoah Valley — Image by kenne
Bob takes a closer look — Images by kenne
Images by kenne
