st. sophia cathedral, washington dc

Roses

by John Ferguson Weir

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

happy presidents day!

winter

Ask anyone who knows me well and they will tell you I'm not a winter person. I prefer spring and fall but, I must admit, some days it sure is beautiful.

*photo taken a few weeks ago during our little snowstorm.

in arcadia

A favorite of mine in the Smithsonian American Art Museum by Bessie Potter Vonnoh.

a city block

If you live in DC or plan to visit sometime you should definitely make a stop at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery. I've spent a lot of time in here. One building, two museums. This building was originally the Old Patent Office Building and covers an entire city block. During the Civil War it also served as a hospital for wounded Union soldiers. Read more about its history here. If you're coming between February-July you may want to check out this new exhibit. 

truth crushed to the earth will rise again

"When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

Let us realize that William Cullen Bryant is right: 'Truth crushed to the earth will rise again' Let us go out realizing that the Bible is right: 'Be not deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.' This is our hope for the future, and with this faith we will be able to sing in some not too distant tomorrow with a cosmic past tense, 'We have overcome, we have overcome, deep in my heart, I did believe we would overcome.' " 

-Martin Luther King Jr., Atlanta Georgia, 1967

photo week dc

stopped by the corcoran last week to hear some of the lectures for photo week dc.

eastern market

taken earlier this year at eastern market.

wreath of flowers

wreath of flowers 1866, oil on canvas
artist: john lafarge, born new york city 1835-died providence rhode island 1910
location: smithsonian american art museum washington dc

the lincoln memorial at dusk

georgetown

washington national cathedral

eastern market

east capitol

a very humid day

10th & F

 

city flowers