Monday morning we woke up to snow for President’s Day at Colonial Williamsburg. There wasn’t much to do, so we spent the morning walking around taking pictures before the snow melted.

I found a new rippling brook to spend quiet time at. 

My daughter…

Found some geese which I spent a lot of quiet time with…

…when to my surprise I found a rare treasure.  A blue heron quietly stood just a few yards from me!    

Do you know how often I’ve planned nature trips to national parks and refuges to see these birds but we can never find them. I had no idea one lived behind the palace!  When my family caught up with me, I kept hand motioning to them to be quiet but there was a bigger prize near me than those geese they were taking a million photos of.  Finally they made their way to me along with a noisy family who were traipsing down the path.  It didn’t take long for everyone to figure out something rare was around the corner so all noise and rambunctiousness naturally ceased as everyone beheld this rare sight.  He patiently stood there for the longest time. Eventually we quietly tiptoed away. 

Disclaimer: My apologies for the ads which HSB put on my blog. I don’t mind the ones for Williamsburg though.