December 24, 2011:
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
The Collingwood Lights
Alexandria, VA, December 18, 2011: We were sitting by the dwindling fire minding our own business when suddenly it was decided we all needed to pile into a car and go see the Collingwood Lights:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Our Annual Bay Lights Outing
December 17, 2011: We took Rosemary and Mimi to see the Christmas displays and lights at Homestead Gardens, then to dinner at Holly's, and then waited in line almost an hour to travel through the Lights on the Bay.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Delaware Daytrip
December 9, 2011: There was a lot of traffic on the Chesapeake Bay when we crossed for a holiday visit to Delaware.
We visited the Delaware Memorial Veterans Cemetery.
We had a terrific lunch at nearby Baker's Restaurant.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Olde Dominion Holiday
December 3, 2011: We traveled with District I, National Capitol Area Garden Clubs to central Virginia for dinner at historic Hanover Tavern, the LightFest at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and a "tacky light" tour of Richmond. Click here for our photos and videos.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Trip to Blandwood
Greensboro, NC, November 26, 2011: We traveled to Greensboro to tour Blandwood. As we entered the city, we came upon a group of Patriot Guard Riders at the funeral of a fallen service member.
Blandwood is the 19th century home of North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead and the earliest Tuscan Villa in the United States. It's obscurity may be due to the misguided prohibition of photography inside the mansion.
The first Christmas display of the season:
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