Category: Favorite Places

Lately we have been more… together.  And I find myself with too many pictures, too many words for the blog.  So I put off post after post, because I don’t know what to say, where to start.  And this, of course, makes it worse.  More pictures. More words. More news. Where do I start? Our … Continue reading “Winds of Change”

The Butterfly House, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Metamorphosis: a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal’s body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, Cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not … Continue reading “Metamorphosis”

Screw the rules… the best ones are at the top Hartland Orchard (an hour and a half from DC near the Shenandoah Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA) was the adventure of this weekend and supplied us with apples, pumpkins, apple-butter, and good ‘ol commercial-free farm fun. And, had the weather been a … Continue reading “How’d ya like them apples?”

Milo’s favorite thing to do? Jump. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Andrew put him in a doorway jumper when he was all of four months old… but who knows? This kid jumps off of everything and nothing at all. He jumps off of steps, rocks, tables (yes, he gets up … Continue reading “JUMP!”

Although we decided against the morning craziness of downtown DC, we did venture out at around 5pm to check out the music and the National Mall madness. We went with the intentions of staying for a couple of hours and seeing how Milo handled the crowds and the late night… and decided last minute to … Continue reading ““Hire-Hurks””