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Columbus Day Weekend at Dad’s
portrait & group photo by Elspeth
Brave chimney sweep
That’s a 40′ ladder which he put up and took down without help but not without difficulty. The task was to repair the crown, the rubberized cement which surrounds the chimney pot. The stainless steel chimney cap (temporarily parked between roof and ladder) did not need replacing.
Ospreys
Westmoreland State Park, Virginia: ospreys atop beach pavilion, and cliffs along Potomac River.
Prothonotary Warbler
Identified by Sandy, seen on our walk at Mason Neck State Park
Widewater State Park
Looking upstream on the Potomac towards Washington DC from Stafford, Virginia
Snowy Sunday
Virtual Messiah
The Fredericksburg Community Chorus’s 51st annual Messiah had to be virtual. Although last year’s 50th performance was the complete Messiah, this year’s may have been the least complete (under 30 minutes!) See it on YouTube here. The anonymity of my preferred seat in the back row seemed somewhat diminished, as surely I must have spent at least a few moments under the director’s microscope. But the number of singers grew due to collaboration with the Williamsburg United Methodist choir. Photo by Elspeth.
Playhouse at Bourne Place
What to do with that space under the basement stairs
Biking C&O Canal Path
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Path connects Washington DC and Cumberland, Maryland. We rode from Point of Rocks to Brunswick and back. We’re photographed mid-way, where the canal itself crosses over Catoctin Creek. The aqueduct had collapsed and been rebuilt a few years ago. We’re standing among some of the leftover pieces.