Arlington Cemetery

Had the folks down the other weekend (always love when they visit - I can do all the really touristy things...not that I don't do them anyway ;)
Anyway, went to the American History Museum (we had the first snowfall of the season...and it was October 29!), but the next day was beautiful and surprisingly warm so we went to the Pentagon Memorial and Arlington Cemetery. 
Took all the following with my iPhone.

Pumpkin Patch

Went to a pumpkin patch/corn maze this weekend with the bf, his sister and nephew. Became a little obsessed shooting the kids (they are just so darn cute)

And to shake things up - here's a landscape.

National Arboretum

After a failed attempt to go to the Arboretum the day after Hurricane Irene, we made it this past weekend. Frankly trees didn't do much for me (although with so few people around it was very peaceful and serene), but I was a little obsessed with the Capitol Columns (in case you couldn't tell). These columns are the originally ones from the Capitol Building - they were removed when the building was expanded and replaced with marble reproductions and these original columns (made of sandstone or limestone or something) were moved here. With no one around and in this setting you can almost imagine yourself in Ancient Rome.

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Pt. II (Summer)

Went back to the Aquatic Gardens - this time when there was actually some greenery.

 Click the links below to check out my pictures from the winter:
http://emmytuck.blogspot.com/2011/01/kenilworth-aquatic-gardens.html
http://emmytuck.blogspot.com/2011/01/kenilworth-aquatic-gardens-original.html
http://emmytuck.blogspot.com/2011/01/kenilworth-aquatic-gardens-last-batch.html

Potomac River Cruise

I am the biggest tourist sometimes...

My new IPHONE!

Okay, I downloaded the most awesome app on my brand new iphone that takes pictures with this cool vintage, faded quality that I'm pretty damn obsessed with!
These are the first 2 pictures that I took with it - these are just sitting on the couch in my room playing with the app for the first time, but I love the way they look.

Cutest dog ever!

I recently found these photos I took last christmas of a dog Cate brought home to look after for the holiday. Either dogs are incredibly photogenic or this dog is just so adorable that I think all these pictures are good :) The cropping in the first one is a little weird (I know) and the lighting in the house was really bad so the coloring was off and I converted all of these to B&W and sepia.