D.C. in Photos: Cherry Blossom Festival

The people of Washington, D.C., dig their cherry trees and the three weeks in which they flower. They hold a festival to celebrate. It was running full tilt on Easter Sunday when my dear wife Karen and I walked the ring of the Tidal Basin, hoping to see some magnificent cherry blossoms in bloom to…

D.C. in Photos: Our Significant Leaders

Looking down from the pinnacle of the Washington Monument on a warm and getting sunnier Easter Sunday morning, I spied a musical stage on the lawn down below. On the way up from our hotel on F and 7th, I’d already told my dear wife Karen how during my D.C. days living a few miles…

D.C. in Photos: Washington Monument from All Angles

Everywhere you walk in Washington, D.C., there’s one monument that makes sure to make you feel welcome. The powers placed the Washington Monument high atop a hill on the National Mall, in the center of America’s capital city. From NationalParks.org: “Built in honor of the United State’s first President, George Washington, this National Monument stands…

Sweet city, our Capital

My dear wife Karen and I joined the tourist parade around the Tidal Basin and Reflecting Pool of Washington, D.C., Sunday. The Cherry Blossom Festival pulsed around the former, even though the East Coast’s tough winter had stunted the trees from yet reaching full bloom. Schedules of man must be made and kept no matter,…

Touched down in D.C.

Good Neighbor Tim was told the plans and promised to keep an eye and an ear on the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is staying someplace close that she loves. My dear wife Karen and I boarded the big bird at Hancock International on Friday morning.…

Eclectic Corner: Splash of Color

This month’s edition of Eclectic Corner features the theme “Splash of Colour.” Justine has done herself proud once again, you’ll see if you click that link above, with a wonderful photograph, quote and haiku of her own to get our juices stirring to follow her lead. All we have to do is post a picture,…

Big piles persist, and that’s no joke

Taking one last long lunchtime March walk Tuesday with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle through our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, we couldn’t help but notice how no matter how high the angle of the sun has become, those 119 inches that fell on our city since October have been just too much. And even…