Isaac's cool blogTook these back when the weather was a little nicer. The columns were removed from the Capitol in 1958 as part of a remodel, but weren’t placed at the National Arboretum until the 1980s. The National Arboretum web site has more information.
Here are a few photos of Fall colors I’ve found around DC.
I saw a whole group of them and took a bunch of photos but this is the only one that wasn’t blurry. They didn’t seem very afraid — guess they don’t get shot at much!
The storm wasn’t very exciting here in Northwest DC. We’re on high ground so no flooding. We’re in an apartment so the power is still on. The wind gusts were a little loud last night but I still slept fine. So, this afternoon I went for a walk to see if I could find any actual damage. Here’s what I saw:
Here are a couple of photos I took while wandering through part of Rock Creek Park Monday.
This is one of the few flowers I could find that didn’t have a bug of some kind on it. I like flowers with bugs fine too, but they wouldn’t hold still, making for blurry photos.
A group is working to fix up Pierce Mill, and it’s none too soon. In the photo at the Park Service’s website the mill’s water wheel appears to be working, but now weeds are growing on it. The sandbags around the lower windows are sure interesting too.