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Snap o' the day: Tulip time

Last week was Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Unofficial parrot tulips adorn a Crozet yard over the weekend. (0)

Snap o' the Day: housekeeping
A female Blue Jay guards her newly laid eggs during a thunderstorm over the weekend. Despite the hard rain and a nosy photographer she didn’t stray from her duties. Meanwhile, her boisterous mate, screeching in the branches above her to ward off intruders, would only leave to bring her food, which he would drop into her open beak. (0)

Snap o' the day: Calf Mountain
Under an ominous storm cloud, two Albemarle County eight-year-olds enjoy the 360-degree views from atop Calf Mountain, just off the Skyline Drive. Photo taken yesterday afternoon at 4:39, just before the deluge. (1)

Snap o' the day: falling hail
A Yamaha rider waits out today’s rain and hailstorm at Greenwood’s SuperTest gas station (regular: $3.47). (0)

Snap o' the day: falling building
“It looks like a science fiction movie,” said a woman picking up debris from the grounds of the medical building at the corner of Main and JPA as she gazed at the wreckage of the West Parking Garage. “Either that, or 9/11.” The Garage, photographed yesterday morning, is well on its way to total demolition since the process began on Saturday, April 12, the groundbreaking of the Emily Couric Cancer Center. # (0)

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