Washingtonian Cover: Balloon by Rick Collier
The cover of The Washingtonian Magazine August 2010 issue is this photo by Rick Collier of a balloon lifting off at dawn. The original image is named “Dawn Lift” and I originally blogged about it in August 2009.
Fourth of July Mashup
Every Fourth of July Nancy and I invite a group of friends and neighbors to cruise on a deckboat on Lake Thoreau at sunset, to watch the evening’s impromptu celebrations of Independence Day. Enormous, professional-grade starburst shells go off overhead as bottle rockets inscribe arcs over or between the boats. The whole thing is spontaneous and unplanned. Our music was a mashup of Sousa marches and patriotic country. This is America’s birthday, lake-style.
HDR Northern Neck
Coles Point, Virginia, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. My darling wife Nancy just told me this is her favorite view. We are sitting on the screened porch of her sister’s river cottage, here on the Northern Neck of Virginia overlooking the Potomac River. Nancy loves coming to the [...]
Dawn Lift
Winchester, Virginia, USA “Dawn Lift“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Nancy and I are not normally early risers — even when we’re traveling. Today is an exception: A balloon lift is scheduled for approximately dawn and that is what we came to see. We are in Winchester, Virginia,* to attend [...]
Independence Day
Reston, Virginia, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Every Fourth of July the residents around the lakes in northern Virginia celebrate the national day with spontaneous fireworks displays. Everyone who owns a boat or a floating dock or “deck boat” embarks with tiki torches lit and a boat full [...]
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