May 30 Picture

May 30
Folly Fields Beach on Hilton Head Island, SC – FRIENDSHIP…
“If you're alone, I'll be your shadow.
If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder.
If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow.
If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile.
But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me.”
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May 29 Picture

May 29
Charleston United Daughters of the Confederacy Museum -
West end of the market & calls Charleston's Historic Market Hall home. The building was built in 1841. Considered the fourth most important collection in the world, items on display include the Secession Flag, the first Confederate National Flag to fly over Fort Sumter, regimental and battle flags. Very interesting, and a nice looking building which has been renovated following damage by Hurricane Hugo.
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May 28 Picture

May 28
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking."
Isle of Palms Pier
South Carolina
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May 27 Picture

May 27
USMC Tilted Mast atop the National Museum of the Marine Corps building, Quantico.
National Marine Corps Museum building is a soaring, 210-foot tilted mast atop a 160-foot glass atrium. This design was inspired by the famous Iwo Jima flag raising of World War II, the image that also inspired the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
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May 26 Picture

May 26
"Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions"

"I am my own heaven and hell!"
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May 25 Picture

May 25
Three in one shot = Money shot.
Washington Monument, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery & National Museum of African Art buildings
“I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. “
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May 24 Picture

May 24
WISH
“Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?”
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May 23 Picture

May 23
Dupont Circle Fountain & a memorial statue of Samuel Francis du Pont
“The statue, sculpted by Launt Thompson, was erected in 1884, and the circle was landscaped, with exotic flowers and ornamental trees. In 1921, the current double-tiered white marble fountain replaced the statue, which was moved to Rockford Park in Wilmington, Delaware. Daniel Chester French and architect, Henry Bacon, the co-creators of the Lincoln Memorial, designed the fountain, which features carvings of three classical figures symbolizing the sea, the stars and the wind on the fountain's shaft”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Circle,_Washington,_D.C.
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May 22 Picture

May 22
“To some, the cigarette is a portable therapist.”
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May 21 Picture

May 21
Night low light photography
“There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat.”
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May 20 Picture

May 20
United Methodist Building
(the only NON-government building on Capitol Hill)
“It is designed in Italian Renaissance style and constructed of Indiana limestone with a craftsmanship that would be difficult to duplicate today.
In addition to its architectural beauty, the building is significant for the role it has played at turning-points in the nation's history. These include the 1963 March on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the 1968 Poor People's March, the farmworkers' boycott; years of protest against the Vietnam War; ERA marches, the 1978 Longest Walk of Native Americans; and the 1989 Housing NOW! March.
It's adjacent apartment complex, constructed in 1931, has been home to scores of congressional representatives' Methodist bishops and Supreme Court Justices men and women in leadership roles who have shaped the fabric of American society.
The Building's beautiful Simpson Memorial Chapel, named for a close personal friend of President Abraham Lincoln, has served as a place of sanctuary and prayer for those who live and work within the shadow of the Capitol. Within these walls, leaders from both parties and all religious persuasions have found the strength and courage to act on their convictions.”
http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/c.frLJK2PKLqF/b.3791391/#historic
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May 19 Picture

May 19
Fountain of Neptune – Jefferson Building
Front Entrance of the Library of Congress
Copper dome structures known to be competitive w/ the US Capitol across the street.
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior”
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May 18 Picture

May 18
Folger Great Hall (Folger Shakespeare Library)
“Extending the Book” exhibit now showing, saw the exhibit, fabulous books.
“The concept of extra-illustration is simple: choose a book, identify significant people, places, and things in it, then insert pictures of them in appropriate places as visual annotations to the text. Each extra-illustrated book is thus the unique creation of a former owner. This exhibition examines the art and the practice of extra-illustration from its rise in the late eighteenth century through its decline over a hundred years later, with a special focus on Shakespeare’s works.”
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May 17 Picture

May 17
Cox Farms, Faraway Virginia
“Your local tradition … for generations”
http://www.coxfarms.com/
“We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”
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May 16 Picture

May 16
FOLLY FIELDS BEACH on Hilton Head
South Carolina
"There are big ships and small ships.
But the best ship of all is friendship"
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May 15 Picture

May 15
Hilton Head Island – South end
"After a visit to the beach, it's hard to believe that we live in a material world"
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May 14 Picture

May 14
No beach fun? Hmm…
ISLE OF PALMS, South Carolina
Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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May 13 Picture

May 13
“SOUTH OF THE BORDER” – Road Trip – Stop #1
Self – shot in Dillon, SC
“In 1949, Mr. Alan Schafer built a simple 18 x 36 foot beer stand known as South of the Border Beer Depot. As it adjoined the North Carolina counties, which were dry of alcoholic beverages, business boomed. A few years later a 10-seat grill was added and the business was re-named South of the Border Drive-In.”
http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com/
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May 12 Picture

May 12
Calm before the storm.
"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine"
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May 11 Picture

May 11
Inside the Library of Congress
"With approximately two-thirds of the books and periodicals in its collections in languages other than English, the Library of Congress is truly an international resource. It houses information on virtually every country, region, national, ethnic, and religious group, often equal to or surpassing collections found elsewhere. For example, the Library's Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Polish collections are the largest outside of those countries, and the Arabic collections are the largest outside of Egypt. The collection of Luso-Hispanic materials is the largest in the world; its collection of Judaica ranks among the largest anywhere."
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May 10 Picture

May 10
Gingersnap Rose – National Museum on the National Mall
Katherine Dulin Folger Rose Garden
“A flower's appeal is in its contradictions - so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.”
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May 9 Picture

May 9
"Lunar Bird” - Joan Miro 1944-46
enlarged and cast in bronze 1966-67
“Are Year’s What?” red structure for Marianne Moore
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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May 8 Picture

May 8
“Figure for Landscape”, bronze 1960
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden – Washington, DC
Exemplifies Modernism and contemporaries in England
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May 7 Picture

May 7
"Seated Yucatan Woman"
Smithsonian's Hirschhorn Sculpture Garden
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May 6 Picture

May 6
Enid A. Haupt “Moongate Garden” - Smithsonian
“Designed by architect Jean Paul Carlhian, was inspired by the gardens and architecture of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. The Temple of Heaven was designed using a geometrical, axial layout, centered around the cardinal points of the compass. The garden is meant to take its visitors to a relaxing place usually surrounded by water where they may absorb the cool air emanating from the water.”
http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/Haupt/islgard.htm
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May 5 Picture

May 5
Baltimore Holocaust Memorial – Joseph Sheppard Holocaust Sculpture
Depicts the horror of the Holocaust by portraying emaciated bodies of victims’ bodies contorted in a ball of flame – located in downtown Baltimore, MD (Lombard & Gay Streets).
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May 4 Picture

May 4
National Katyn Massacre Memorial (in Baltimore, MD)
I discovered this Memorial in downtown Baltimore & became fascinated when I started to investigate about the Katyn. In reading more I realized wow, I truly love my life & appreciate life more than ever.
“The Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest massacre (Polish: zbrodnia katyńska, 'Katyń crime'; Russian: Катынский расстрел), was a mass murder of Polish nationals carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in April-May 1940….” you can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_Massacre
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May 3 Picture

May 3
“Contemplation of Justice” - by James Earle Fraser
U.S. Supreme Court, Capitol Hill, DC
"Contemplation of Justice" Statue on the Supreme Court Plaza by James Earle Fraser. In this sculpture, a seated female figure reflects on a small figure of Justice that she holds in her right hand. The figure of Justice is blindfolded and cradles a set of scales in her arms.

The portrayal of a female figure representing Justice dates back to depicitions of Themis and Justicia in ancient mythology. Themis, known for her clear-sightedness, was the Greek Goddess of Justice and Law. In Roman mythology, Justicia (Justice) was one of the four Virtues along with Prudence, Fortitude, and Temperence.
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May 2 Picture

May 2
The Awakening - National Harbor, MD
The big toe & the hand (trying to take the flag?)
“The Awakening is a 100-foot statue of a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself, located at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside the District of Columbia. It was created by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. and originally installed at Hains Point (East Potomac Park), Washington, D.C. in 1980 for the International Sculpture Conference Exhibition.
The statue consists of five separate aluminum pieces buried in the ground, giving the impression of a panicked giant trying to pull himself to the surface. The left hand and right foot barely protrude, while the bent left leg and knee jut into the air. The 17-foot right arm and hand reach farther out of the ground, and the bearded face, with the mouth in mid-scream, struggles to emerge from the surrounding earth.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(sculpture)
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May 1 Picture

May 1
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Washington, DC
“Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that “the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.” She kept the design elegantly simple to “allow everyone to respond and remember.”
http://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm
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