Tim's Calla Lily

Deer Encounter

Bicycle Loop

Sunday morning, 6:30 AM

I hop on my trusty Fuji bike and head south from the Barnes and Noble in Bethesda on the Capital Crescent Trail.

The trail skirts the District of Columbia until the Dalecarlia Reservoir.

The trail crosses the Arizona Avenue Trestle and gradually comes up along side the C&O Canal.

This is the Abner Cloud house, the oldest dwelling on the the C&O Canal.

Fletcher's Boat House is nearby.

And the blue heron is a common sight in this area.

A really beautiful stretch of the trail then follows the Potomac River, past the Three Sisters Islands, into Georgetown.

Along the Georgetown waterfront.

The Capital Crescent Trail ends in Georgetown, but it's easy to catch the Rock Creek path north through the beautiful Rock Creek Park.

Pierce Mill

Rock Creek

The Meadowbrook Stables in Silver Spring, MD

From the Stables, the trail runs into the Georgetown Branch Trail which leads back to Bethesda. It's a nice 2 1/2 hour ride (21.4 miles).

Faces of Mr. Boh

Taphouse

Prestidigitation

My nephew performs the rare blue ball suspension trick.

Flag Day

designed by Elizabeth Griscom Ross

Foundry Pieces

A Tony

My brother-in-law, sister, and I watched a little bit of the Tony Awards on Sunday night. Frank Langella won for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. His acceptance speech, unlike so many others that night, was simple, heartfelt, gracious, and eloquent:

"There's a line in Frost/Nixon which says, "Success in America is unlike success anywhere else. That feeling when you are up is indescribable." And I'm very grateful to the theatre community, to my colleagues in Frost/Nixon here and overseas, and to the New York theatre-going public for allowing me that feeling this season.

The line in the play then goes on to say, "But there's another feeling -- when it's gone, to somewhere else, to someone else." And I know that feeling. Everyone in this room knows it. I suppose we can't stop people from putting us into competition with one another and once we are here, I suppose we all want to win. But I think we must honor the common bond in us, the struggle, the striving for success, because that's a race you simply can't lose. I am very proud and very honored to live and work among you splendid people, thank you.

Thank you for giving me that indescribable feeling. I wish it for you all."

By the Bay in Oxford, Maryland

A Glance Back

Forty years ago this week I was in London on leave from my army station in Germany. The Israeli/Egyptian Six Day started as I arrived and ended before I left London.


I saw the queen in a parade; she looked majestic and a little like a young Helen Mirren.


And I purchased the Beatles masterpiece, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (on vinyl on the Parlophone label). No one was quite prepared for that one.




And now, coincidently, Paul McCartney who wrote and sang When I’m Sixty-four on the album is sixty-four and has this week released a new album whose recurring theme is memory.

It could be:

(a) A tablecloth from the Alexander Julian Collection
(b) A painting by Hans Veelander Combs
(c) The new state flag of Bolivia
(d) None of the above

Working the Soil

At least not here in the rail yard...

And that goes for you animals too...