colonial williamsburg

[Beth Carter]

took a roadtrip with my mom last weekend to colonial williamsburg in virginia. it was actually a friday night, had snowed (and melted) the night before, was cold, windy and late in the day when we arrived, so the usual crowds or tourists were no where to be seen.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love all of these, especially the shop, and the lady in red (now I won't get to sleep!). Beautiful tones throughout. Looks a gorgeous place.

 

[Brian Moore]

I love that first shot especially, Beth. It is so evocative of Williamsburg, whereas the color images, all of them very nice, are more overt and explicit images portraying the 18th century town.

I love visiting Williamsburg. Haven't been there in a few years and I'd love to go back. (The joiner's shop is especially interesting.) Last time there, with the kids, we were listening to one of the docent/actors who was showing people how the 18th century traveler would sling a haversack over his back so it became a backpack. Except, he was having trouble figuring out how to do it. Well, any self-respecting Scots schoolboy of my generation had a haversack (old army surplus) for his schoolbooks and so I knew well how to make a backpack out of it. So I showed the fellow and he was mighty grateful. Me? I was delighted I could contribute a tiny wee bit to the portrayal of Colonial history.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a superb series Beth. I like them all but the lad in red is extra special I think. You just wait till Hamish sees it!

 

[Dave Moss]

Great series Beth but that Lady in red shot is special

 

[Garry Lee]

Reminds me of Louisbourg in Cape Breton Island, where I went biketouring in 1996.

 

[Pat Reehal]

Stunning. Simply stunning.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Yes - absolutely stunning Beth. It's not just the lady in red, but her shadow that makes that image. They are all wonderful though

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Great set Beth and what a wonderful place, I can imagine endless possibilities for photos.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Yes Beth bostin' sorry a localism for really good and like all the blokes I like the Lady in Red, now didn't someone sing a song about a ......

I have a friend who in her spare time does Tudor Re-enactment and spends much of her time bringing history to life for schools etc. these remind me of some of the events she has done..

These are special as no snappers there!!

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks everyone. that's funny, the lady in red was my least favorite of the group, but i'm not a big fan of people in general... my favorite of the group was the first this time. we only had about an hour to explore and a lot of the shops were closed, or you needed tickets to get in. and parking was horrendous.

brian - that's pretty cool you were able to contribute. we saw maybe 6 people dressed up. i'm sure there were more in the daytime.

kev - wish we had some tudor re-enactments in school. everything we were taught in history was about the revolution in the early years and civil rights later on. we didn't even do much with the civil war or world war 1 or 2. and world history was a joke, more like world history as america was involved.