Celebrating Two Birthdays

We had a wonderful celebration at Dal's home in Laurel to celebrate his birthday and mine. Those present were Dal, George, Larissa, Ivan, Andrea, Arthur, and Christine. It was a lovely day and a lovely party.

St. Christopher's Book Discussion Group celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. We celebrated this special occasion at the home of Judy Lawson.

The Anniversary Cake

The Anniversary Bookmarks

Those present: Standing - Liz, Rosemary, Janet B, Indra, Kathy, Judy

; Sitting - Gloria, Ginnie, Bobbie, Ernest; Photographer - Christine

An NGA Outing

The Caillebotte Exhibit 

George, Ginny, Larissa, Ivan, and I had a splendid museum outing. We went to see the Caillebotte exhibit at the National Gallery. It is marvelous. Although Caillebotte painted some extraordinary works, especially his Umbrella Painting, he is less well known than the other Impressionists. Since he was independently wealthy, he did not need to sell his paintings. Instead he collected the paintings of other artists.

We definitely plan to return to see this exhibit again.


                 Chris, Ginny, Ivan, and George 

We had lunch in the cafeteria between the East and West Buildings and posed in front of the waterfall near the cafeteria. Unfortunately, the cascading water is not evident. 

 At the bus stop after the exhibit - Ivan, Chris, Ginny, Larissa, and George

[A friendly tourist took the photo!]

Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye

Ginny, Larissa, and I went to a Smithsonian Associates talk on July 29th given by the curator of the exhibit which was very informative. Before the talk we had a picnic in the lovely garden between the African and Asian Art museums.

 Ginny and Chris

 Ginny and Larissa

JPK

John came to town and took me out to lunch. We had a delicious lunch at the Grand Carlyle in Shirlington.
Here we are standing in my front yard.

It is always wonderful when old friends come to town!