Lake Anna is Red Bud Heaven

Lake Anna is red bud heaven.  This time of year is absolutely beautiful here at Lake Anna.  The red buds are out enforce and are dotted along the banks of the lake canals and the country roads.

Growing up in Connecticut I don't recall ever seeing any red buds nor when I lived in northern Ohio or upstate New York, not even in Texas.  Virginia has them by the thousands and I am grateful for that.  

We planted three in our yard soon after our house was built.  The woods have encroached on two.  They are struggling for sunshine and looking a bit sad.  Lesson learned too late for them.  Our third tree continues to delight us with a triumphant display of pink flowers.  Yes, pink, not red.  The buds are red hence the name.

Carrs Bridge at Lake Anna - photo by Kate Elim

 

Red Buds at Lake Anna, VA - photo by Kate Elim

Last week I was coming home from a book club meeting and could not resist taking a walk along Carr's Bridge over Lake Anna, to feast my eyes on the numerous red buds mingled among the other hardwoods along the banks.  Naturally I had my trusty camera with me and was able to get these shots.  

I'll have to remember to look at them in the dead of winter next year.  I'm sure they will cheer me up.

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9 comments • Kate Elim, Realtor® 540-226-1964 Selling Homes & Land at LAKE ANNA • April 12 2010 04:55PM

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Kate - Oh how gorgeous!  Isn't spring time just the happiest time of the year?  Eye candy everywhere.

Posted by Laraine Shape (Comey & Shepherd Realtors) about 2 years ago

Kate, your post is special to me because my third daughter is named Anna. And she also is a beauty! Kate

Posted by Ask Kate for answers (Get-Your-Best-Mortgage-Rate.com) about 2 years ago

Hi Laraine...I love spring, perhaps because I was born in May.  It really is like the beginning of something new and hopeful.

Kate

Posted by Kate Elim, Realtor® 540-226-1964 Selling Homes & Land at LAKE ANNA about 2 years ago

Hi Kate...Lucky you.  Three daughters.  I'm one of four girls.  I have two sons and a daughter.  I didn't realize how much fun sons would be too.

I like the name Anna.  It has a nice sound to it.

Kate

Posted by Kate Elim, Realtor® 540-226-1964 Selling Homes & Land at LAKE ANNA about 2 years ago

Kate, they are just beautiful!  Great photos showing their beauty!

Posted by Tony Cannon, e-PRO & Darcy Cannon, SFR - The C Team (RE/Max Velocity Realty) about 2 years ago

Till Active rain I had no idea what these pretty trees were. Our local streets are ablaze with them too. Lovely pictures you have taken.

Posted by Ellie McIntire Homes for sale in Howard County Maryland (Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate) about 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing these pictures are beautiful and have put a smile on my face, I can feel the tranquility...

Posted by Caron's Gateway Real Estate about 2 years ago

I only wish they bloomed longer....seems like their here and gone so quickly! Have a great day!

Posted by Rob Thomas Bristol TN-VA Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro (Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954) about 2 years ago

Kate, what beautiful photos of my very favorite trees in the whole world!

Posted by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors) about 2 years ago

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