Meadowlark Botanical Gardens - Vienna, Virginia

It was a perfect spring day today. So, what better way to spend it than by wandering around a botanical garden? However, I was not the only one with this brilliant idea. The 95 acres were filled with families, couples getting their engagement photos taken, people like me just snapping away and oh, there was also a wedding going on! Quite the busy place for a Sunday.

I really took advantage of my macro lens today (as you'll see below), and the grass stains and dirt on my jeans prove it. I spent two hours trying to take in every plant and flower that was there, and even a turtle or two. I do regret only spending about 5 minutes sitting and really enjoying Meadowlark Botanical Gardens without a camera up to my eye, but I know I'll be going back there. I haven't explored it all yet!

             

                          

             

                          

             

             

Thanks for stopping by!

National Mall and Memorial Parks: Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington, D.C.

We knew it was going to be cold and possibly rainy but we ventured out anyway. We boarded the metro in the morning with tons of other people to check them out. I mean, afterall, we've lived here for over 5 years and have never gone into Washington, D.C. for the Cherry Blossom Festival.

So, we braved the cold and armed ourselves with two umbrellas and jackets that had hoods. Although the cherry blossoms have not hit their peak they were still beautiful, despite the fact that they didn't have the sun to beat down on them to really make the pink pop.

We basically walked through a cloud of fog all day and it didn't rain but the mist from the clouds never let up. However, that foggy mist in the air gave everything an eerie glow. Two people walked past us at one point and said to each other "it really isn't pretty out here at all today". I begged to differ.