– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Thomas Law House Washington D.C.’s Southwest neighborhood is best known for it’s iconic fish market, one of the few surviving open air seafood markets on the east coast of the US. The Maine Avenue Fish Market, as it is officially known, is the oldest continuously operating fish market in the United...
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Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is a member of the Onagraceae or Evening Primrose family. It is a single stemmed perennial which grows between 3- and 10-feet tall with numerous, crowded, alternate, lance-shaped, sessile leaves, each of which is about 6-inches long and 1.2-inches wide. The many magenta (sometimes white) tubular...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Fort Worth Stockyards Cattle Drive A few weeks ago we looked at the Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive Bronze Statues in Dallas, Texas. For this post we will get a little closer to the real thing by visiting the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth. Twice a day they have a cattle drive along the main street through the...
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Green Barn with Stables On the exit road from James Madison’s Montpelier, which we looked at back in December, were these wonderful green barns. Each was a stable on the ground level with storage above. The resultant image files have sat in my files for over two years with previous attempts at processing not doing these delightful structures justice. Having acquired...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Death Camas (Zigadenus leimanthoides) The Death Camas (Zigadenus leimanthoides) is a member of the liliaceae or lily family. Sometimes known as the Pine Barrens Death Camas from the environment it which it is found, it also goes by Osceola’s plume, crowpoison, or black snakeroot. This wildflower is a erect...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Falls Church Presbyterian Church In the last post we visited Vale United Methodist Church in Oakton, Virginia. Today we move a few miles down the road to the historic town of Falls Church. The Falls Church after which the town of Falls Church, Virginia was named, was founded in 1734. This was an Episcopal...
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