Peek-a-boo

This little fellow lives at the National Zoo. They zoo keeper was busy cleaning the giraffe room and I was lucky enough to catch the little guy peeking in to monitor her progress!

rusty pillar

Imagination

The Hubble Space Telescope on display at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Every time I look at this thing I think of one thing... aluminum foil. So many amazing space things remind me of the little flying objects we'd make as kids.. or things my own kids would concoct. This amazing creation looks so unbelievably flimsy. It got me thinking... is it imagination without limitation that ultimately leads to unlimited destinations???

Peococks & Peonies I & II

by John LaFarge. This is in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art

Metropolotian Square

Lunar module

At the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Daddy & Son

We passed by this shop in Dupont Circle. "Daddy & Son Camiceria Taliana" ~ I couldn't resist taking a picture of my son and his daddy in front of that window. And since today is the birthday of my son's Daddy I thought it a good day to post this picture. See those blue eyes?? I fell into those blue eyes from the other side of a crowded room 20 years ago. Happy Birthday, David!

Looking up

Sunflower in the City

One city site I really enjoy is the creative ways people find to grow their garden. Often it will be a small plot of land, maybe 3 by 6 feet, and crammed full of love. Sunflowers are popular summer stock. These are the six foot variety. I like the contrast of this natural beauty in the urban setting.

imPRESSive

The National Press Building in Washington DC.

Majestic

Here is a closer view of the lion above the pen store.

the pen is mightier than the sword

Fahrney's Pens ~ the write place since 1929! 1317 F street NW, just a block from Metro Center and right near the guy with his tongue sticking out!

um???? is he really ??

Yup.. he is sticking out his tongue. ;)

DC wildlife in the pink!

I saw this on a lawn in Georgetown and thought it a vast improvement over the old plastic flamingos of days gone by.

papers

I love papers, neat pens and things of that sort. I always have. This was taken in a paper store in Georgetown.

Origami building

umbrella graveyard

After Ernesto last week, there were many of these makeshift graveyards throughout DC. When we lived in NYC we also saw many of them. I am always surprised and more than a little disappointed that adults will just toss their broken things to the ground like that. This case was particularly annoying as these umbrellas are at the base of a trash can. Does it really take that much effort to place the trash INTO the can???

Secondly, I think collecting these discarded items and creating some large scale art would be an interesting and enlightening project.

construction on the Jefferson Davis Highway

Demolition!

Large Head

by Nina Levy of Brooklyn, NY. This head is quite captivating and clearly visable from quite far away. It enticed us to come closer and we were glad for it, as it brought us into the area of the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery displaying the pieces from the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006. You can also see it close up at DC Daily Extras.

almost done!

I was glad that the sky was cooperative! =) With Ernesto on the loose.. that is no small thing!

getting closer... almost done!

This is an older picture of this building. I shall post a nearly finished version tomorrow! You can also see some back posts documenting the building of this building.

Doorways ~ Theme Day

Today's Daily Photo Theme day is "Doorways"These are inside the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Now, please visit more Daily Photoblog doorways, from all over the world
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