I captured these delicate lavender crocuses using a vintage Helios lens to lean into that dreamy, swirly bokeh. There is something so magical about the waking energy of a Virginia spring at Thomas Jefferson's boyhood home.

Spring's first whisper at Historic Tuckahoe.

Now available in my "Historic Virginia Estates, Gardens and Fields" gallery.

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