Tuesday, August 31, 2010

ABC Wednesday: G is for Gate


Graceful gates galore grow upward at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
NC Botanical Garden,Chapel Hill,NC
Gorgeous gliders top the garden gate below to guard the greenhouse which growers use in the botanical garden.
NC Botanical Garden,Chapel Hill,NC
Green grassy gate greets the visitors to the botanical garden.
NC Botanical Garden,Chapel Hill,NC
Grand Guady gate glows in front of the Colonial Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, VA.
colonial,Williamsburg,VA
Grim soldiers guard the gate leading into the Colonial Capitol in Williamsburg, VA.
colonial,Williamsburg,VA
Gracious gentlewomen allow you to gain entrance, to one of the many town houses, through the white picket gate.
colonial,Williamsburg,VA
You can stroll through the garden at another colonial house and enter via the gate.
colonial,Williamsburg,VA,flowers,garden
There are such a generous supply of gates in Colonial Williamsburg that I'll stop with one last substantial gate which leads to a carriage house which surely has a groom or two.
Williamsburg,colonial,VA
For other takes on the letter G, please visit the home of ABC Wednesday.
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35 comments:

  1. MojoAugust 31, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    I Give you Great credit for a Glorious Group of Gates.

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  2. Cezar and LéiaAugust 31, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Bonjour dear Carver,
    It's a glamorous gate!GREAT IDEA!
    This Colonial Williamsburg is very beautiful!
    hugs
    Léia

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  3. NaquillityAugust 31, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    great use of the G. and, as always your photos are wonderful. hope all is well.

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  4. DarylAugust 31, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Golly these are great!

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  5. photowannabeAugust 31, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    A Grand colletion of Gates. I like the ones from the botonical Gardens especially.

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  6. WillaAugust 31, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    Truly wonderful,Thanks for sharing it with us at ABC Wednesday.

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  7. ???August 31, 2010 at 1:24 PM

    Gorgeous gates and gardens!
    the blackbird gate is my favourite.

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  8. Vinay Leo R.August 31, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    u mean to say those gorgeous birds are actually a gate? how clever! :D a lovely post for the word G!!

    My ABC Wednesday G

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  9. Rune EideAugust 31, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    You must have worked hard to get such a nice variety of gates. No. 2 from the bottom is my favourite.

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  10. Kay L. DaviesAugust 31, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    What a contrast -- I just finished looking at Francisca's photo essay on gates in Mongolia, clicked on your name next and got more gates.
    Gorgeous ones!
    Interesting to think of people in such different parts of the world feeling the need for gates. None would really keep out a determined intruder, but stray passers-by would be deterred from trespassing.

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  11. Sylvia KAugust 31, 2010 at 1:54 PM

    Glorious captures, gorgeous place! Have always wanted to visit there. This is the next best thing! Love the Gates and Gardens! Have a grand day, Carver!

    Sylvia

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  12. NankaAugust 31, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    Great post on gates. Loved the colonial houses too in Williamsburg. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day!!

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  13. RumyaAugust 31, 2010 at 2:18 PM

    Great Gates for the G week.
    Williamsburg looks like a good place.
    Enjoyed the pictures.
    Have a great week ahead!!

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  14. SheyAugust 31, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    A lovely place to visit. Love the garden & colonial houses, as well as the soldiers lined up in the gates. :)

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  15. Roger Owen GreenAugust 31, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    looking w/out reading, I said, "That looks like Williamsburg! Went there 2 yrs ago.

    Love the grassy gate.

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  16. Paula Scott Molokai Girl StudioAugust 31, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    A very lovely and picturesque post!

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  17. lissaAugust 31, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    I like the one that looks like tall grass, it's nice to see

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  18. EG CameraGirlAugust 31, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    Really nice post, Carver!

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  19. Tumblewords:August 31, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    Gates are fascinating and your photos are absolutely wonderful. I like them all!

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  20. Gigi AnnAugust 31, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    Great Gates for G Day. Lovely gates, and grassy gates, bird gates and a Glamorous Gate. Thanks for sharing all the Gates of Gates.

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  21. Leslie:August 31, 2010 at 6:21 PM

    wow wow and more wow! LOVE your photos and these gates are phenomenal. Enjoyed the history here as well as the garden. :D

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  22. WendyAugust 31, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    Gates are really mysterious because they can keep something/some out or in. All your photos and grand words to match the photos made this such a wonderful post!

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  23. WandaAugust 31, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    This has been just the most beautiful tour.... thank you so much for a delightful ABC Wednesday.. I think I'll just camp here a while!

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  24. AmyAugust 31, 2010 at 11:17 PM

    Oh, I want to go there! And that red cape is fantastic!!!

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  25. HildredAugust 31, 2010 at 11:42 PM

    Just marvelous, - love the places your Gates lead to as well!

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  26. IndraniSeptember 1, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    Great take on the alphabet 'G'. :)

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  27. AnnelieSeptember 1, 2010 at 2:42 AM

    Stunning Gates indeed!
    Great G:s!

    Annelie E

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  28. VernsSeptember 1, 2010 at 2:56 AM

    the colonial themed charming house is so pretty... love it..
    I hope you can drop by
    My ABC Wednesday here
    And HERE TOO

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  29. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪September 1, 2010 at 7:28 AM

    I am a teacher, and you have done a good job, well done.

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  30. KeroSeptember 1, 2010 at 7:41 AM

    Hi carver! it's been awhile since i got to visit...

    Those gates are interesting!! and of course your photos are always most beautiful.

    Cheers from the desert! my entry is here http://kcelebration.blogspot.com/2010/08/venice-grand-canal.html

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  31. caiteSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    some beautiful gates...
    it has been so long since I have gone to Williamsburg...you photos are tempting me.

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  32. MarthaSeptember 1, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    Lovely gates. There is something mystical about a garden gate, isn't there?

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  33. NicoleBSeptember 2, 2010 at 12:16 AM

    Gorgeous!
    I see you love gates too :D
    The Botanical garden is so awesome, lovely details. When I think of Botanical garden I always think of signs with names on them and boring (you know what I mean), but this one has a fairy tale style :D

    I love the colonial houses too, exactly my style of houses (big and small - I'm weird and have many likes :D)

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  34. RamblingWoods2.comSeptember 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM

    Great post for the letter G....

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  35. NydiaSeptember 3, 2010 at 11:57 PM

    Beautiful garden and gates!

    Kisses from Nydia.

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