family time
May 13th, 2013
This weekend consisted of family time at the cabin! We went riding in the truck, hiking, cave exploring… Also, Nora tasted a lemon for the first time!!! So so cute. Pics:

David’s truck tours, ready to go

littlest rider

Bowsin’ through the woods

where the pond used to be

DOUBLE CAVE

cave portrait!

cave party!

cave hiker mom

hello matt!

cousins!

wagon rider

the Jill, elusive and difficult to capture in the wild, pensively eyes the double cave
currently smiling because of…
May 8th, 2013

…fresh roses in my office — a sweet, thoughtful gift from our latest airbnb guest, who was visiting DC from Kiev. they even match my red photo wall

…homemade guacamole, transported in Petunia’s basket for cinco de mayo celebrating

…and lastly, Bowser, nappin’ SO HARD.
…also happy for, but not pictured: Jill is back on local soil!!!! (in case you missed it: her adventures across country and in South and Central America). We’ll get to see her this weekend!
Gold Cup 2013
May 6th, 2013
We went to watch the Gold Cup horse races this weekend in Virginia. But let’s be honest, it was just an excuse to dress up and wear our favorite hats and drink Arnold Palmers in a field in the sunshine.
GW Parkway 10 miler
April 23rd, 2013

On Sunday we ran the GW Parkway 10 miler, one of my favorite local races. Today I finally went back and counted, and figured out that this was my 7th year running. Whoa, talk about feeling like time is flying by!! Also happy to report that of the 7 years, this was my fastest time yet! 1:41:45 for a pace of 10:11. Not too shabby. Next year I will aim for something under a 10-minute pace. Thanks to Val, Susan, and Lauren for running with me!

White House Garden Tour
April 14th, 2013

This morning we went on the White House Garden Tour, thanks to Alisa and Kevin for bringing us along.

MMMMMMmmmm sea kale!

I wish this thought-provoking T.J. quote about continuous harvests applied to my own garden, but sadly all I grew last year was this.

you can never take a bad fountain photo, in my opinion

happy musician

hey bird

thumbs up White House

this looks like a nice place to sit and read

backyard view, not too shabby

would you just look at those column details. fabulous.

the bajillionth flower photo

pretty in pink.

CHEESE.

in case you were wondering, yes, they’re always watching you

the summer I visited Rome for study abroad, we started saying “ciao scaffolding” to all of the tourist spots we visited, because, as it seemed at the time, everything was under repair. now I say it everytime I see the Washington Monument. I think it looks pretty cool like that, but I’m sure all the tourists would disagree with me.

Kevin getting the shot

PRETTY.