52Frames Unexplored Weekly Photo Challenge

The subject this week for the 52Frames photo challenge was “unexplored.” That topic took us to four places that we had never been before. The first was the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum. We had our own personal docent who took us from one historical room to the next. I ended up creating a composite image of a very old mirror with a cool reflection and placing it on the wallpaper from an early 1800’s Virginia dining room. The next day we went to River Farm along the Potomac. The land was once owned by George Washington and is right next to Mount Vernon. The only good photo was some flowers with the house in the background. The next stop was the Department of the Interior. What I thought would be a decent museum was almost nothing to see. But the security to get in was more stringent than in any other place we have visited in DC. The intended last stop was the Portrait Gallery, but it didn’t open until 11:30. So we walked the streets around Chinatown and the new City Center. The whole vibe was very sad. It was literally dead except for a couple of coffee shops. I can see why the arena wants to move to Alexandria. The crime has put a big dent on a once vibrant community. The number of empty buildings is overwhelming. So it was a busy week for checking out places we hadn’t been to before. It was all very interesting, but for some reason I prefer the old familiar places.