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Spring is here
March 28, 2023 - The cherry trees in Washington, D.C., are in bloom and that means that winter has come to an end and spring is here. Win...
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Autumn leaves at Rock Creek
November 16, 2022 - Here are a couple of photos from Rock Creek in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. I'm doing my best to capture the beauty...
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Autumn has arrived
November 05, 2022 - Autumn is here and it's a great time to go out and take some photos. Above is the first of a few that I plan to share. I...
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Sunrises and Ponies
October 27, 2022 - In October, I visited the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, Virginia. It's a marvelous place,...
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Birds and summer flowers
July 18, 2022 - Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens (National Park Service) is one of my favorite places here in Washington, D.C. It's a...
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Hello Spring
April 20, 2022 - Hello Spring. I'm glad you're finally here, but do you think you could warm up a bit? It has been awfully chilly. But do...
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Snow in West Virginia
February 02, 2022 - I just got back from a short trip to West Virginia. I was there for recreation, but took some time to take some photos....
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Autumn in West Virginia
November 06, 2021 - I visited Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia over Indigenous Peoples' weekend. It was peak season for fall fol...
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Falls of Hills Creek
September 06, 2021 - Tucked away in the center of West Virginia is a trio of waterfalls called the "Falls of Hills Creek". Above is the middl...
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Chasing sunsets and waterfalls in Shenandoah
June 07, 2021 - I recently returned to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. It's one of my favorite places and I try to visit often. Du...
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Sunset on the D.C. skyline
May 27, 2021 - A couple of weeks ago, NASA had scheduled to launch a rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. I thought it...
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Sunrise and cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin
April 09, 2021 - This year, winter in Washington was long and dreary. We had lots of that hybrid rain and snow that we call “wintry mix.”...
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Christmas at the Capitol
December 11, 2020 - Every year, I try to shoot the Capitol Christmas Tree. Usually I shoot it just after sunset, when the tree lights are on...
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Autumn beauty at the Tidal Basin
November 16, 2020 - Sometimes when you hear or read about ugly things in the news, it's nice to go outside and watch a sunrise. It can be a...
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Autumn in the Mid-Atlantic
October 18, 2020 - Autumn is arguably the nicest season in the Mid-Atlantic region. The weather can be very pleasant, with the sun shining...
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Pink and purple skies over the Capitol
September 14, 2020 - I took this photo of the Capitol after a recent rainstorm. The glass in the foreground is from one of the big skylights...
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The summer night sky
August 24, 2020 - A couple of weeks ago, we made the short drive to West Virginia for a socially-distant vacation. It was great to get out...
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Summer in Shenandoah
July 20, 2020 - My family and I recently stayed near Luray, which is a small Virginia town just outside of one of the main entrances to...
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Socially distant spring beauty at the Tidal Basin
March 26, 2020 - The cherry blossoms are in bloom at the Tidal Basin here in Washington, D.C. We've all been self-quarantining at home, l...
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Snowless winter in Blackwater Canyon, West Virginia
March 03, 2020 - We've been having a snowless winter here in Washington, D.C., so we decided to make a short trip to the mountains of Wes...
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Big trees, big bridges, and big boats in California
February 04, 2020 - In January, I went out to California to visit some family. While I was out there, I had a chance to visit a few of the s...
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Snowless winter in rural Maryland
January 19, 2020 - So I didn't manage to shoot the Capitol Christmas Tree this year. Things got a little hectic just before the holidays, b...
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Fall foliage and the National Capitol Columns
December 06, 2019 - Fall came late this year and it seems to be leaving early. It has already started getting cold and cloudy. I'm not ready...
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Welcome autumn
November 17, 2019 - Autumn took a while to get here. We had had a lot of warm weather, which delayed the fall foliage. When it did arrive, i...
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Summer sunset over the Susquehanna River
July 29, 2019 - Not far from Towanda, Pennsylvania, where I took the photos of the fireworks that I featured in my last blog post, I cam...
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Capitol dome tour
July 08, 2019 - I recently had the opportunity to go on a tour of the dome of the Capitol. It was a great experience. We climbed more th...
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One More Blossom Photo
April 14, 2019 - I was back at the Tidal Basin on the 4th with my family and took this photo. The water level in the Tidal Basin was unus...
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Spring means cherry blossoms!
April 09, 2019 - It's spring and here in Washington, D.C., that means cherry blossoms! It also means lots of tourists and terrible traffi...
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Spring Equinox
March 30, 2019 - March 20 was the spring equinox. The equinox is the semiannual event in which the sun rises and sets along the equator....
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Kilgore Falls
February 26, 2019 - Last week, I decided to head out and visit someplace new. So, I went to Kilgore Falls in the Falling Branch area of Rock...
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Autumn finally arrived
December 09, 2018 - Autumn is finally here. The trees around Washington, D.C., appeared to reach their peak color around Thanksgiving. This...
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Green October
November 15, 2018 - In mid-October, I made the trek over to Shenandoah very early in the morning. It was a beautiful morning. Well, all morn...
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Another visit to Lake Wesauking
August 31, 2018 - My family and I drove up north to visit some friends at their house on Lake Wesauking in Towanda, Pennsylvania. Our frie...
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Memorial Day
May 25, 2018 - Next Monday is Memorial Day. I took the image above and the image below at the Marine Corps War Memorial (also known as...
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Spring Is Here Again
April 15, 2018 - Spring is here again and like I do when spring arrives every year, I went out to shoot the cherry blossoms. I had severa...
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Frigid Falls
January 07, 2018 - We didn't get a lot of snow from the bomb cyclone here in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, but we sure did get s...
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Summer at Lake Wesauking
August 23, 2017 - My family and I went to Lake Wesauking, near Towanda and Wysox, Pennsylvania. We visited friends at their lake house and...
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Italy wrap-up
June 24, 2017 - Here's one last photo for you in my series from Italy: a scenic look at Rome from the Villa Borghese Gardens. Check out...
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More from Rome and Vatican City
May 24, 2017 - Here's the third installment of photos from my recent trip to Italy. This time, I'm featuring photos of the River Tiber,...
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A splash of color at the Arboretum
November 06, 2016 - I was at the National Arboretum recently and found these purple flowers growing near the old Capitol columns. It was a s...
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Sunrise on H
October 04, 2016 - Fall began with the autumnal equinox on September 22. The day after, the sun rose directly up the H Street corridor in W...
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Another DC Summer Sunrise
September 18, 2016 - I had another occasion to go out and shoot a sunrise. I went back across the river to Arlington and timed it so that I c...
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A Waterfall and Wildlife
August 17, 2016 - Last week, I had a chance to visit Great Falls. I had a great time. The sunrise was beautiful and I got to see some wild...
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It has been cold
March 13, 2015 - It has been dreadfully cold here in Washington. About week ago, I had the opportunity to rise early and traipse out into...
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