Happy Holidays, The year in photos

The Daily Beast put together an amazing collection to make up the year in photos...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/12/23/2012-in-review-the-year-in-photos.html#introSlide

Holiday Destination? Public Art in Silver Spring

Washington DC artist Julia Vogl created a public art work that is taking the place this year of the Christmas tree in downtown Silver Spring.   The structure is created out of recycled bottles, and each colored bottle represents where the community member plans to spend the holidays.   Red bottled means the person is going to be somewhere hot.   Blue bottled means a cold destination. Yellow represents the person is staying home.  Green says the person is going somewhere "exotic" and Silver indicates wherever the winter may take that person.  

National Shrine Ready for Christmas

They were putting the final touches on the decorations at the Basilica of the National Shrine on the campus of Catholic University in D.C.  The shrine is the largest catholic church in North America.

Baltimore's 34th Street Holiday Lights

I've heard about this street in Baltimore for years..  And on Saturday Night I saw why this street is such a huge attraction during the holidays.   For more info check out this web site: http://christmasstreet.com/#

Sunday Afternoon at National Gallery of Art

I checked out the Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective at the National Gallery of Art this afternoon.    Photo's weren't allowed inside the exhibit, but as you can see there was plenty to photograph outside the exhibit.   

Panorama Fun with I phone @ U.S. Capitol

These photos won't be for everyone..   I started playing with my panorama feature on my I phone, and thought I got some interesting photos?  

Buddha Statue in Falls Church

For more photo's from Buddhist Memorial Garden in Falls Church click out this link:

www.graveimages.blogspot.com/2012/11/buddhist-memorial-garden-falls-church-va.html

The Fountain of Faith, Falls Church VA

"The Fountain of Faith" sculpture garden was a pleasant surprise when I drove thru the National Memorial Park Cemetery off of  Lee Highway in Falls Church, VA.   

Postcard from Connecticut

Shelton, CT

Main Street, Beacon Falls CT 

Indian Ledge Park, Shelton CT

Pond Springs, Beacon Falls CT

Shelton, CT

Indian Ledge Park, Shelton CT (above and below)

I spent the weekend in Connecticut, where it's "peak"  for the leaves.  Both of the locations I photographed are in the Valley of Connecticut off of Route 8.

French Artist JR first Street Art Project in Washington DC

I've been a big fan for a while of French Street Artist JR...  And today for the first time I was able to see one of his pieces (just completed this week) in person in Washington D.C. (at 14th and T Street Northwest).  For more details on JR and a link to a Washington Post article about his DC project check out his web site: http://www.jr-art.net/

Spotlight: Downtown Hyattsville

A couple weeks ago I posted photos from Hyatttsville Arts Festival..  When I was there, I took a little walk along Route 1 (Baltimore Ave) and explored downtown Hyattsville.  

Camden Yards: Condiment Race

This week the attention on big ballpark races (let Teddy Win) will be at Nationals Parks in DC, however up I-95 in Baltimore there is another race that gets a lot of attention during Orioles game... It's the digital Condiment Race..  I taped last night's race.

Reflecting Pool Algae

This morning I biked passed the Reflecting Pool now with the water back, but they have a little algae problem. Here's more from Washington Post...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-34m-overhaul-park-service-must-tackle-algae-invasion-in-national-mall-reflecting-pool/2012/09/22/5ab02460-04ec-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html