Winter Soltice Eclipse

This was the first total lunar eclipse on the winter solstice since 1638.

Snowflake Street Lamps

 

The Walter Reed Community Center in Arlington, Virginia.  I bought a pair of trick glasses from 7-11 that creates snowflake images over lights.  Put one of the cellophane lenses over the lens on my Droid X phone and snapped this with the Retro cam app.  The streetlights turned into snowflakes.

Christmas Truck

 

 Snow still clings to the fender of the old Chevy truck outside Hard Times on King Street in Old Town Alexandria.

Snow on Oronoco Bay

Snow and ice around Oronoco Bay on the Potomac in Old Town Alexandria.

Goose

A Canada goose watches me from snow covered rocks on the banks of the Potomac.

Heron Takes Flight

A blue heron takes off after I stumbled onto him at Oronoco Bay in Alexandria.

First Snow

 

A park bench during the first snow of the winter.  Alexandria, Virginia

Tree in Snow

  

Old Town, Alexandria 

Statue in Snow

Carlough Plaza, Alexandria, Virginia

Matchbox

 

Warm light at Matchbox in Chinatown.

Christmas at Arlington Cemetery

 

Wreaths against headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America

 

Crowd for the "Wreaths Across America" wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery.

Christmas in Shirlington

 

Fountain of light, Shirlington.

Christmas in Shirlington

 

Christmas tree in Shirlington.

Hawk

A hawk in my back yard.  He shows up every year in the spring and fall.  This morning, he was sitting on a branch overlooking my patio, eating a small, black bird. The tree is home to a colony of squirrels.  Normally, they will post a single squirrel to bark constant warnings when the hawk is around.  Today, they were running wildly around the tree, jumping from branch to branch right in front of the hawk.  I guess they figure he can't kill them if his mouth is full of someone else.

Moon over Arlington

Waxing crescent, 15% illuminated, 398,375 km over Arlington, Virginia.

Devil in the Details

 

The Velvet Devil waits on a shelf at Devines, Columbia Heights.

Weekend Plans

 

Ready for the weekend, Devines, Columbia Heights.

Library

 

My home library.

Bay Bridge

 

Crossing the Bay Bridge towards Annapolis.

The Grass is Greener

 

Murphy the Big Giant Dog looks out his window in Columbia Heights.

The Sanity Rally was Insane

 

National Mall during John Stewart's and Steven Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

Pentagon Briefing Room

 

Inside the Pentagon Briefing Room, waiting for an interview with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Eastern Market

 

Freight pallets turned into primitive art American flags.

Bronze Lion

 

Lion guarding the Netherlands Carrilion at Arlington.

Malcolm X Park

 

Waterfalls in Malcolm X Park, Columbia Heights.

Malcolm X Park

 

Wall at Malcolm X Park in Columbia Heights.

Potomac through the Trees

 

Oronoco Bay Park in Alexandria, Virginia.

Birds on Oronoco Bay

Seagulls and assorted other water birds float on Oronoco Bay in Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with my Droid X.

Halfway to Winter

A tree in Columbia Heights missing half its leaves. Shot with Vignette's tilt-shift app on my Droid X.

Help from Yelp

A glass of Alagash at Red Rocks with a view of Meridian Pint, Columbia Heights. Vignette app on my Droid X.

Red on Red

Changing leaves above my Mustang in Columbia Heights.

Virginia Creeper

A color isolation app for my Droid X captured the changing colors of a Virginia creeper crawling over an old fence in Arlington, Virginia.

In the Shadow of Giants

At the Lincoln Memorial at night.

Lincoln Memorial

RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Lincoln Memorial

Norfolk & Southern

Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Norfolk & Southern

Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Norfolk & Southern

Freight truck on Norfolk and Southern rolling stock, Alexandria, Virginia. Shot with the RetroCam app on my Droid X.

Autumn Leaves