Date: March 3, 2010
Official Sunrise: 7:52 Photograph Taken: 7:58
Temperature: 41° Wind: From the north @ 5 – 10 m.p.h.
Photographer: Ron Day Camera Used: Nikon D200
It might be spring…I just don’t know. It was 40° when I walked outside at 5 a.m. this morning, with a gusty little breeze blowing. It felt something like spring feels, I think. The forecast though is calling for more snow today, so I guess I’ll have to wait and see what happens.
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“Just a quick update to let you know that nearly 9,000 Alaskans called
in to the telephone town hall last night. That’s great, Alaska!”
~Alaska Governor Sean Parnell on Facebook, March 3, 2010~
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Pictures of Washington D.C. by Becky Day
Today I’m posting some of my wife’s photography from her trip to Washington D.C. last week. She told me she wasn’t very happy with her pictures, but after looking through them I think she might be surprised by what she has accomplished with her little Canon SD 780 IS digital camera.
Nice work, Honey.
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This is Dawn standing before the Lincoln Memorial. I cropped a lot out of this photo in order to isolate her from other people who were milling around the statue at the time.
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Dawn in front a marble memorial which quotes the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.
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Cindi and Dawn on a rather brisk morning in Washington D.C.
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Statues in the VietNam War Memorial.
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Debbie looking very Alaska-ish as she stands by the State of Alaska monument.
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I’m not certain where this room is located, or its significance, but is a very nice picture. Maybe Becky will identify it when she returns home from work tonight.
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A very elaborate overhead relief carving in the Rotunda.
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Dawn kneels on the tile floor where Abraham Lincoln’s desk once sat.
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A beautiful photograph of a beautiful domed ceiling. This is inside of the Capitol Building, but I’m not sure which room it is in.
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Dawn, Debbie and David are shown some beautiful artwork of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by their very special and completely unexpected guide for the day. This man, a very important person in Washington D.C., found them wandering through the Capitol Building and volunteered to take them, (Becky, Cindy, Dawn, David, and Debbie) on a tour of it. The tour lasted more than 4 hours, not ending until after he’d driven them to a restaurant in his own car and had dinner with them all, including Dr. Martin. If ever you have a chance to watch a meeting of the House of Representatives on television you might recognize him.
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Debbie and Dawn with a wonderful view of the Capitol Building.
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Cindi takes advantage of the view and makes a photograph.
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Arlington Cemetery on a beautiful, although blustery, spring day in Washington D.C.
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David, Cindi and Dawn at the The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier.
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A single sentry guards the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier. The group from Alaska was fortunate enough to watch the changing of the guard here.
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Dawn posing in an ampitheatre. I need to talk to Becky to find out more about this photo so I can caption it properly.
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Dr. Martin points out an interesting display to Dawn inside of the Smithsonian Institution Museum in Washington D.C.
