Above photos by Elsp/Erin/Sandy/Tim? Below by Elspeth (1 & 3) and Sandy (2). The hot chocolate itself didn’t inspire much enthusiasm but Rhys hung onto the cup for the rest of the journey.
Nature
Fall visit to Dad’s
Pre-Thanksgiving: photos by Beth, Elspeth, Erin, Sandy
Biking Mount Vernon to Gravelly Point & back
Ate our sandwiches at the foot of the National Airport runway, with the 14th Street Bridge, Jefferson Memorial, and Washington Monument behind us (but somehow failed to get a plane taking off into the frame).
Running past the weeds
On a morning run at Willowmere Park I passed a stunning display of thistles. I walked back for a closer look and found more to see than just weeds. The hummingbird moth was a bonus but the bindweed so entranced me I failed to focus on the last of the pokeweed berries, although they’re a favorite sight for me since Harold S told me about them. Don’t know what the puffballs are.
Rhys’s Christening
At Rachel & Dave’s
At Dad’s on Gareth’s birthday weekend
Gareth’s shot of all present:
Then a long, gray drive home. After 90 minutes east to Altoona, here I started south.
A few summer flowers
In July, some from the garden, some from the roadside:
Tall Phlox, Cornflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Mimosa, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rose of Sharon, Smooth Sumac
