Bluebells at Bull Run Regional Park

Now is the time to go to Bull Run Regional Park to see the bluebells in all of their glory!

A Roman Birthday Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDREA! MAY YOU HAVE MANY MORE!

My husband celebrated his birthday with friends, Roman style.

We started out with a delicious pasta dish, fettuccine Alfredo.

The dessert was similar to Andrea's Delight, ricotta, coffee, and chocolate.

A special guest graced us with his presence.

Good friends - the spice of life!

A good time was had by all!

Sports in Loudoun County

My grandsons participate in sports activities, Christian baseball and Colin soccer.

Norwegian Fiddlers

I went to the monthly meeting of my Sons of Norway lodge. The program was a concert by Norwegian musicians. Loretta Kelley and Andrea Hoag are well-known fiddlers (playing on the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle). The guitarists are the Berntsons, mother, son, and granddaughter.

Founding Farmers, A Green Restaurant

The DC Dinner Club chose the new restaurant, Founding Farmers, for its April outing. This restaurant on 20th and Penn NW serves only organic food, most of which comes from local farmers. The ambiance was pleasant and the food very delicious indeed.

We began with cornbread, a choice from the list of "small plates." It was delicious and it actually had whole kernels of corn in it. It tasted very, very fresh.

For their main course Synthia and Mary both chose the chicken salad.


Christine chose the butternut squash ravioli. They were extremely tasty.


The drinks were exotic. Synthia chose a cranberry-cucumber cooler while Christine ordered a mint limeade.


The consensus was positive. We shall return!

National Gallery of Art

My favorite Smithsonian museum is the National Gallery of Art (even though it is technically not part of the Smithsonian complex).

On the Saturday before Easter I took my grandsons to this museum. They had never been to an art museum before and they enjoyed it. One of their favorite statues was David and Goliath.

FDR Memorial

One of my favorite memorials in Washington is the FDR Memorial, dedicated to President Franklin Roosevelt. I went there the other day to get a view of the cherry blossoms. The FDR Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial can both be found on the Tidal Basin.

Here are two photos of the statue of FDR at the entrance to the memorial.

Cherry Blossoms

Spring is the most beautiful time in the nation's capital. The cherry blossoms are in bloom. My grandson Colin is in seventh heaven. All he talks about these days is "the pink trees."