Saturday, March 31, 2012

Thursday March 22, 2012

Thursday morning we woke up really early so we could get down to to the Tidal Basin to take photos of the cherry blossoms at sunrise.  But sunrise came and went but we weren't aware of it...we were in thick fog all morning.



Even though the thick fog prevent us from taking the photos that we thought we were going to take, we did get some pretty cool photos.


I love close up photos of the flowers.  Someday I'm going to paint or draw them.

We took turns using the camera and had a blast.  The weather was also cool but not cold and very humid.



Notice the Washington Memorial in the background...the fog was still sticking around a couple hours later.


Three hours later and without any breakfast, my FIL and I were lacking energy.  We needed food and luckily we got it a few  minutes later.

We went to other places besides just the cherry blossoms.  You can tell by the above photos.  Here's some pillars from the Library of Congress.


And we ended up at the Botanical Gardens and loved looking at all the orchids.


The tulips were out...a week ago they weren't.  Aren't they beautiful?!!


And here we are at home.  We were very grateful to have SM's parents come to visit.  We were also very blessed to have such wonderful warm weather that caused the trees to bloom earlier than usual.  It was a wonderful Spring Break!!

2 comments:

Chelsi said...

Thanks so much for posting all these photos! I've enjoyed seeing how the trips out there have gone. Even if I'm so wishing I were there, too. :) It's such an amazing place—it's great you've had so much time there to learn, enjoy, and share.

Andrea said...

Love those photos! You should paint those flowers and please share when you do. I love seeing the pics of D.C. wish we could come back and visit again. We miss you guys!!!