My boy, Cody, had a chance to lounge around in the backyard, basking in the warmth of the sun. He ate as much grass as he could get down as quickly as possible. He kept it down, and ?I guess was better for it. Lots of outdoor time or him today. These days, finding time to relax, are great escapes from the real world.

This beautiful azalea patch is on my daily dog walk route. I prefer the smaller pink flowers, but I have nothing bad to say about their neighboring purple flowers! There are also white ones in this patch.

The cherry blossoms have passed and everyone’s attention turns to weather and looking for summer temps to be steadier. Meanwhile, in my neighborhood the show continues. The streets are lined by these ornamental pear trees that are notoriously weak in storms, but flower just after the cherry blossoms and provide a white snow-like, but smelly, encore to the main act.

I planted what I thought were a lot of bulbs several years ago, but when they grew they seemed very sparse. Now, several years later I have quite the thick patch of jonquils.

A bit of an artsy photo while walking my pooch in the neighborhood. A nicer, but still cool, day with the calm pond in the development.

Sightseeing with friends in DC and we toured the National Cathedral. Here’s a view from the observation area on the 7th floor. Probably the worst direction for a view but I liked the architecture. Ever since my 4th grade term paper on cathedrals in France, flying buttresses have been a fascination.

I’m in another city for work for a couple days and the hotel is right next door to a friend’s old apartment from about 30 yrs ago. Pretty funny coincidence. So I texted this to her to reminisce about all the time since then.

Every year they have the expo and packet pick up in this amazing building that houses the Building Museum. Recent architecture is certainly interesting, but how much of it will be pleasing to our senses this many years after its built, and how much of it, like the concrete monotony of the 60’s and 70’s will be torn down for modern redevelopment? I guess the same could be said about our present day sensibilities and values.