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Runner : Sligo Creek Park

Yesterday morning, I went walking in Sligo Creek Park and snapped this picture of a runner coming over a footbridge. I also took some cool pictures of a tree fungus, some wildflowers, and a dad pushing his kids in a double wide stroller. But this is the one I chose for today's purposes.

Sligo Creek Park is a lovely expanse in Montgomery County that stretches from Takoma Park northward to University Boulevard in Wheaton. It has paved trails, playgrounds, exercise stations, tennis and basketball courts, and a public golf course and is a lovely place to walk, run or bike. Like its counterpart, Rock Creek Park, Sligo Creek Park is an oasis in the midst of traffic and suburbia and a beautiful place to get away from all the hubbub.

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 07/08

Two Things Challenge: Corner / Stone

Corner : Market at Kennedy Street and Colorado Avenue NW

This week's 2 Things Challenge was Corner / Stone. My original plan was to go to Capitol Hill and take a picture of the cornerstone on the U.S. Capitol, which was laid by George Washington and his Scottish Rite Masonic brothers in 1789. Alas, other commitments and ailments kept me at home. Instead, I give you these: the Golden Corner Market at Kennedy Street and Colorado Avenue NW. I've never been inside myself, but it's a tiny little retail/restaurant strip typical of urban settings and quickly becoming extinct.

Stone : Sligo Creek : Takoma Park, Maryland

This second photo is of Sligo Creek in Maryland, which is where I went this morning for a walk. I'm not sure what the content is in the stones that fill this creek (I should have paid better attention in that geology class I took in college), but I thought the setting was pretty.

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 07/08

Study in Blue

Gentleman in Blue on a Bench :
Laurel Avenue : Takoma Park, Maryland

Again, random photos with no particular meaning except these are a variation on a theme of blue! Hope you've enjoyed yesterday's and today's entries. One of tomorrow's entries will feature things yellow and orange. How droll, no?

River Visual : Roosevelt Island : Washington, D.C.

Blue Bead Bento Box : S&A Beads : Takoma Park, Maryland

Ethereal Dusk :
Washington DC Mormon Temple : Kensington, Maryland

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 6/08

Just For Fun

Random, macro flower shot :
Seventh-Day Adventist Church : Takoma Park, Maryland

These photos don't really have a purpose or any special information. They're just random objects I shot while I was out shooting other, more specific things over the last week or so. Enjoy!

Bridge No. DC 1133 :
George Washington Memorial Parkway : Arlington County, Virginia

Accidental shutter release captures reflection in my car :
Outside My House : Washington, D.C.

Flattened fork as litter :
Corner of 8th and Van Buren : Washington, D.C.

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 6/08

Two Things Challenge: Sun / Shadow

Sun and shadow reflected in the window
Wheaton Regional Library, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sun and shadow with cat and water bottle
In my home office, Washington, D.C.

Sun and shadow between buildings
Takoma Park, Maryland

This week's 2 Things Challenge was Sun / Shadow. Thankfully, we're moving out of winter and into spring. Put another way, the days are getting longer and the shadows are getting shorter!

I had so many pictures to choose from that already existed in my files, including a really, really cool picture of National Cathedral, but I decided to actually go out and find new subjects to fit this challenge and here they are: my interpretations of Sun / Shadow!


Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 3/08

Atypical

Most of the architecture you find in homes in the D.C. area is largely influenced by early European architecture. Compared to other parts of the country, it's heavily traditional. Mostly Federal, Georgian, early Colonial, New England, some French Provincial--loaded with brick and columns and porticos and high ceilings and trim, etc.

Occasionally, though, you run across a home in this area that defies the traditional norm. A case in point is this home. Located in Takoma Park, just off of Sligo Creek Parkway, it features cinder block construction with large windows and abundant open space. As a friend of mine said the other day, "It looks like it belongs in Marin County, California, or somewhere on the West Coast. I wonder if it's lost?"

Zip: 20910

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential (Janet M. Kincaid, 06/01)