Memorial Day
After taking advantage of the Memorial Day furniture sales to purchase a half-price couch, we decided to actually observe Memorial Day by heading over the DC war memorials.
A Deer!
Went for a quick walk around Theodore Roosevelt Island and came across this guy. I was probably no more than 4 feet from him when taking these photos. It was pretty wild.
Thunderbirds < Blue Angels. Just sayin’.
We hit up the Joint Forces Open House and Airshow again this year where the Air Force’s Thunderbirds performed:
Pandas, Gorillas, and Orangutan Vomit, Oh My!
I wandered around and snapped a few shots of the animals. While the pandas were amusing as usual, even more entertaining were the gorillas and an orangutan who spent hours entertaining crowds through a window by regurgitating his half-digested food, placing it on the window, and then licking it back up.
Cherry Blossoms and Bad Light
So, the weather during this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival was just nasty. I brought my camera to work on a day that was actually really nice but by the time I made it down to the Tidal Basin to snap some shots of the cherry blossoms, the weather turned back to crap. It was cold, [...]
Dyke Marsh
During a relatively pleasant March day, I got a hankering for some photo-taking and headed down to the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve on the Potomac River just South of Old Town Alexandria. I’d never been there before and was hoping for some nice shots of birds and pristine marshland. Turns out I was a little [...]
Pentagon 9/11 Memorial on 9/11
We braved the Metro delays yesterday and headed over to the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon and it was definitely worth the effort. Next to the Vietnam War Memorial, this is certainly one of the more powerful and beautiful memorials I’ve seen.
Arlington Cemetery B&W
Here are a few shots I took while doing some work, photographing historic grave sites at Arlington:
Satchel: Dog? Gremlin? The World May Never Know.
A few weeks ago, we were kind enough to dogsit a rambunctious Boston Terrier named Satchel. Here are some shots from that adventure. Note: I woke up several times in the middle of the night with this face staring me down:
Arlington National Cemetery
I guess I probably should have posted these for Memorial Day but it didn’t occur to me until now that I could have been more timely in getting these up:
The President’s House
A few weeks ago we got to tour the White House gardens. Here are a few shots from that day:
I took some photos at the Cherry Blossom Festival but I’m not really happy with any of them.
The light was pretty flat and I did not bring my A game.
2 Protests in 1 Day (Part 1)
While we had decided to meet some friends at Eastern Market in downtown DC, we heard that there was going to be an anti-war protest at the White House and I thought it would be a great opportunity for some photos. I was correct. Ralph Nader spoke while a pretty diverse group of people protested [...]
National Botanical Gardens (Part 1)
Lindsey and I took a trip into the District today and decided to check out the orchid show at the National Botanical Gardens, cameras in hand. I ended up getting some pretty good shots despite the rare shafts of good light. Here’s the first batch: