Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Travel Tuesday: Last Week's Explorations

Just a little color left in the trees along the National Mall

 
National Gallery of Art 

Taking the Oxen for a walk at Mt Vernon

The Perfect Point of Focus, a 1 in a 1000 shot 

Measuring the movement in 250 year old retaining walls at Mt Vernon. 

The Mansion at Mt Vernon is getting an updated foundation. 

The Window in the Blacksmith Shop at Mt Vernon 

The Upper Gardens at Mt Vernon ready for winter. 

The National Gallery of Art is not a part of the Smithsonian, it was independently founded and funded, to avoid the whims of Congress influencing the artistic content. 


This space is easy to miss at the National Gallery of Art, it is the outer office of the coat check at the main floor entrance. 






Building the stage for the inauguration. 



The Mall side of the National Gallery West Building. 

2 comments:

  1. "Building the stage for the inauguration." No doubt which will garner the biggest most huge crowd ever in history of any US President ever of the United States. Can't you hear the wind bag already? Yawn.

    I doubt his will be as educated and the level of tasteful decorum that Biden's had. I'm already wondering what time the busty strippers will make their appearance.

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  2. Yes, of course the oxen need a walk. Nothing to see here.
    The focus on the bird is amazing.
    I think the official measurement of the crack would be a 'decent sized gap'.
    The post was spoilt by mention of the inauguration. I feel sick.

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