The walk-in barn: my favorite lunch spot on my shift at Belmont.
Lunch at Belmont
Fredericksburg
Ingleside Drive
About 7:30am, Sat Feb 24th, the Stafford side of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg. Photo by John Ashburn.
Pratt Park
The one-mile track: Boyd, Dzibella, and Myers, 7:13am Sat Jan 27th.
Running new year
Waiting for 6am start, FARC Friday no-drop run, Fredericksburg, Virginia. My first run of 2024, 23°F, -5°C, light breeze.
The Innis House
The Innis House, Sunken Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia, having been restored in 1987 to its 1862 appearance by the National Park Service. The house and the (restored) dry stone wall were used by Confederate sharpshooters in December, 1862, during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Snapped 3/18/2023 on one of my Saturday morning Fredericksburg runs.
New Year’s Day
Dawn in Hurkamp Park
Fredericksburg
Ginko tree (Nov 5th and Nov 19th 2022) at the US National Cemetery, with St George’s church spire in the distance. And again, the third photo, 6:45am June 3rd 2023. This is a site of the Confederate defenses of Fredericksburg, and often a pleasant part of my Saturday morning run.
Belmont: docent duty
Below is a link to You-Tube with a quick glance at 82 paintings by Gari Melchers. The first one shown is one of his best known, “The Sermon”.
Pics from a drizzly run May 26th
Above, one of a pair of pre-Civil War catalpa trees in front of Chatham Manor, facing Fredericksburg on the far side of the Rappahannock River. Below, 1, the Fredericksburg railroad bridge seen from the Chatham bridge, and 2, the city dock with Gary the white goose supervising his adopted Canada goose family.
Ran in Feb in shorts & t-shirt
But rain then snow expected tonight.