This spring work took me to Washington DC for a week that coincided with the peek bloom of the cherry blossoms. I got out just before sunset to to check them out on the tidal basin.
I was glad to have gotten to see them one more time before the construction on the waterfront starts.
Later in the week I got to check out the blossoms in the Kenwood neighborhood while out on a run.
I was in Washington DC on a trip for work and Jess took the train up from Richmond at the end of the week and we extended our stay to check out the Cherry Blossoms. Despite the gloomy weather most of the week, they were still pretty.
I got to join Jess for a trip to DC for a long weekend. She has a tradition of taking a Friday off every year and visiting a museum with Farley and this year we visited the Museum of Natural History and saw the exhibits for fossils and diamonds.
In the afternoon we visited the National Gallery of art and focused on the 17-18 century Italian, 18-19th century French tour, Dutch and Flemish galleries and 17th centuries sculptures. Jess had some pieces that she had read about so we all played scavenger hunt to find them.
We tied to go to Jazz in the garden, but a few minutes after it started a thundercloud rolled south of us and so the event was cancelled. Nevertheless we improvised and ended up having dinner on the roof at Neil’s. We followed that by an improv comedy show that Celeste was in.
Saturday was brunch, shopping in Mount Vernon, lunch and going to Neil and Sonya’s engagement party. And Sunday Jess and I went running around the tidal basin and visited a market and a bookstore before making our way home.
My sister was in Washington DC this weekend so it was the perfect opportunity for the family to meet up and see the fall colors in our nation’s capital. We finished with a trip through Arlington Cemetery.
The best photo was an HRD of the head stones with the sun shining on the Washington Monument casting it in a golden glow.
