The cherry trees along the Tidal Basin will be blooming later in the spring, but you know what? I’ll probably be back at work before then. So I figured, as I walked last Tuesday, that it might be prudent on my part to take a picture of them now. I particularly like this picture because I was able to focus on the branches in the foreground, which gave the rest of the picture a hazy, out-of-focus quality that makes the path and the bridge in the background seem more like a drawing than a photograph.

Another picture that I took last Tuesday. One of the unique aspects of Washington, D.C. is the way that city planners and designers have seamlessly integrated natural elements with the beautiful architecture of the city. The picture above is of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, as seen through the trees on a path along the Tidal Basin. Tuesday was a great day for taking pictures, too, as I went about 4:00 P.M., on a pretty clear and sunny day. To be honest, I was just fucking around when I took this picture, wasting time and waiting for a light to change, but I like the contrast of the sky to the building, and how the trees add some context to the depth of the picture.

In an attempt to better appreciate my current forced vacation, I decided this afternoon to get out into the city with my camera and see what I could come up with, and I’m quite pleased with the results. Over the next few days I’ll post some of the images that I was able to capture.

One of the things that I always find interesting about Washington, D.C. is the perception that people have about it, because of it’s size, and because of it’s importance as the center of the political world. Washington, D.C. is anything but an urban jungle, as there are parks and open spaces everywhere throughout the city that hold foliage and wildlife, as well, of course, as monuments and historical markers. Sometimes these things even intersect, as they did this afternoon as I was walking along the Tidal Basin and looked back towards the Washington Monument.

The Square in Oxford, MS is the heart and soul of the town, and one of the major draws for Ole Miss, and Square Books is at the cornerstone of the Square. I’ve always thought it quite ironic that the “Mecca for Mississippi Cool” is dubbed the Square, but hey, maybe that’s just me.

As I was travelling from from Memphis to Jackson today, I saw this sign, and had to stop and take a photo of it. When I was a freshman at Ole Miss, we saw a band of the same name play, and it wasn’t until a few years later that we realized where they had gotten their name from. Every time I see the sign it makes me laugh, and this time was no exception.