Tag: memorial

Ode to Javalin

With a saddened heart I had to say goodbye to a Noble Beast today. Javalin who was large as life in both size and heart has been suffering for sometime now due to a suppressed immune system. A year has past and I watched him slowly weaken and […]

National War Correspondents Memorial

Standing tall at Gathland State Park in Jefferson, Maryland is the National War Correspondents Memorial honoring journalists killed in combat. Built in 1896 at Crampton’s Gap, a location where the first major civil war battle occurred in Maryland at the Battle of South Mountain. A peculiar memorial with […]

Project 365/100 – FDR

A hidden treasure, a well placed treasure next to the Potomac River along the Tidal Basin and across from the Jefferson Memorial stands the memorial for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A President known for his love of water, and his leadership, this memorial is unique in its nature. Built […]

Shed a Tear

Twenty six beautiful and youthful souls. Taken before their time, their lives will never unfold, their dreams never reached. It is a tragic time. A time when we are to celebrate, but instead it is a time of deep sorrow. Take a moment and share a prayer for […]

Remember the Moon Walker

Perigee Moon, 2011   I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream. Neil Armstrong, 1930 – 2012

Pink Everywhere

Spring fever has hit and what better way to revel in the glory of Spring then to go and visit the Cherry Blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. Keeping a close eye on the bloom report, this week provided the sweet spot to go and capture […]