The UVA Campus

We hadn’t been to visit our family in central Virginia since Christmas. We were supposed to visit in March, but we both got COVID after four years of not getting it. We were very disappointed on so many levels. So the weekend trip was rescheduled to last weekend. We brought along a birthday cake for our son, but ended up leaving it for our grandson and his friends since our DIL had another one made for him. Before we get to our final destination we always stop in Charlottesville to see our grandson - who is finishing up his junior year. Our DIL meets us there and we take a tour of the campus and then go out for dinner. As it is almost graduation time you could see many students having photographers taking photos of the upcoming event. The rotunda is a routine backdrop. I was also looking for photos of “leading lines” which was the subject of this weeks photo contest. At least this time it was it wasn’t freezing or raining. It was actually lovely in all regards. It’s hard to believe that our grandson only has one year to go. Until that time comes we will probably visit at least a couple of more times. 

Walkabout NW DC

Last week we were interested in looking at a living room carpet at Room and Board. We ended up driving to essentially a store front in Bethesda, then decided to go to the main store in NW DC to see the real thing. Driving to this area of town is always a challenge, even on a Sunday afternoon. In fact, driving anywhere in DC is always a challenge. But at least when we lived on Capitol Hill for thirteen years we were familiar with the neighborhood. So we finally found a parking space about four blocks from our destination. It was a one way street and reminded us of Duddington near our old home. It was filled with very quaint row houses. There is something to be said about them, but living in them is another story. Along the way we came across some interesting things. One house had a flowered vine growing from the first to the third floor. Another had a huge dead vine that covered the whole side of the house but looked interesting. As always there was is some sort of construction going on in the alleyways and otherwise. On U street there was an artist doing his thing with several finished products on display. We wouldn’t want to live in this neighborhood for a lot of reasons. But it’s always nice to drive in once in a while and enjoy the sights and sounds. As for the carpet? We haven’t made a decision.