Goodbye, Spring!

It’s not rare in DC for there to be very little spring.  It just goes straight from winter to summer, like that.  We had a few nice weeks here and there, but now it’s definitely the hot and sticky season.  No high under 84 on the 10-day forecast, and no low under 67. So, a [...]

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Weekend Photos: Signs of Spring

Oh, it’s glorious outside!  We’re finally getting out of this crazy winter.  And after having a cold earlier this week, I am feeling that surge of energy and optimism that you get when your sinuses are suddenly open and you can smell and taste and breathe again.  Everything’s beautiful.

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Weekend Photos: So Long, Summer

As we bid adieu to summer, I thought I’d post some of my favorite photos that for whatever reason didn’t make their way into a blog post these past several months.  Not much of a theme, I admit.  Just good summer memories.

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Weekend Photos: Sprouts, Flowers, and Figs

Since I re-started this blog back in the spring I have made it a point to post once per day.  But now that the garden is producing a bit less, I’m cutting down to six posts a week and making my usual Sunday Photos feature into – ta da! – Weekend Photos.  Clever, I know. [...]

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Scent of a Southern Summer

Here in DC we seem to have just passed the peak of magnolia flower season, when all the big, shiny-leafed trees produce their gigantic snow-white flowers.  Sometimes I walk on the sidewalks and the air is positively thick with the smell of magnolia.  It’s like nothing else.  Scent is a powerful trigger for memories, and [...]

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Sunday Photos: Dupont Farmers’ Market

Okay, there’s no getting around it.  The following photos are pure food porn, taken this morning at the Dupont Circle Freshfarm Market.

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