Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Sculptures

We are anxiously awaiting the reopening of the US Botanic Garden. Yes, you can walk around the Bartholdi fountain garden by the House Office buildings, but the First Ladies garden and botanic garden building are still closed. So when we go in to town, we usually park on the national mall rather than in our old neighborhood on Capitol Hill, and walk through the Hirshhorn and Smithsonian castle gardens. Every once in a while we will also stroll through the Hirshhorn sculpture garden - as we did recently. I’m not one for remembering the names of the sculptures nor the artists who created them. But I do have my favorites and they look really lovely in every season. There is a man and woman sitting in the corner and every time we visit I am drawn to them. This was the first time in a long time that there was a tour of some kind with a lot of people going through it. We are used to having the place to ourselves over this last year. It’s harder to get good photos with people milling about. My husband prefers the activity - I prefer the quiet. Anyway, it was a lovely visit as usual. When we moved from DC two years ago we knew we would probably continue to visit. It’s a great diversion with or without a pandemic.