A Blast from the Past: Original Art

 Images from a trip to the National Arboretum that I took with my beloved dog, Romeo (2011 - 2023).  Today I received the gift of a painting made from one of these images by my friend, Barbara--who is an artist.

What joy!

"Blessed Romeo"

Barbara's Painting

National Arboretum, part two

 From the meadow trails, we drove on over to the Asian Gardens area and were delighted to see that it was open!  We spent our time in the Japanese Woodlands and Chinese Valley.  By now, Romeo was "shooting blanks" but still wanted to pretend pee on everything.  I was still keen on finding flowers.  At one point we traipsed down the switchback walkway to the flood plain along the Anacostia River.  Romeo was eager to see everything, although the hike back up the ridge from the river was an effort at times.  He's such a good boy.

Hey, Romeo!  Are you up for the walk down to the river?  He says, "Let's Go!"

THE ANACOSTIA RIVER

Someone did NOT like that the little dock is a floating "moving!" dock...

National Arboretum, part one

 Took Romeo for a romp at the National Arboretum today.  We began at the area of the 50 State Trees.  Normally we would have used this as a starting point for a walk down and up Fern Banks, but alas, Fern Banks is not open to the public...  So we did the road next to it and then the adjacent meadow, looking for flowers and opportunities to pee on things!  We each have our interests.

My Romeo!

A District with a View

If I were to ask you where in the United States this photo was taken, you would forgiven if you said, northern Alabama, the upper peninsula of Michigan, or a bluff along a river in southern Illinois.  However, you would wrong.  This is taken in the District of Columbia--Washington, DC.  Not your image of the nation's capital?  Now you know.  That's the Anacostia River, by the way.

The Flowers of Winter

Camellias at the National Arboretum.