Squirl's Nest: January 2009

A little procrastination

Here I am, procrastinating again in putting up the rest of my vacation pictures. :-D

I found these over at Erin's blog.

You Are 2: The Helper

You always put on a happy face and try to help those around you.

You're incredibly empathetic and care about everyone you know.

Able to see the good in others, you're thoughtful, warm, and sincere.

You connect with people who are charming and charismatic.

At Your Best: You are deeply giving, altruistic, and humble. You devote your life to others while caring for yourself too.

At Your Worst: You are manipulative and enjoy making other people guilty.

Your Fixation: Rejection

Your Primary Fear: Being unworthy of love

Your Primary Desire: To be loved unconditionally

Other Number 2's: Mother Teresa, John Travolta, Princess Diana, Dr. Phil, and Mr. Rogers.

What Number Are You?

You Are Scrabble

You are incredibly clever and witty. You can talk your way out of (and into) situations easily.

You are an excellent decision maker. You are good at weighing the options in front of you.

You're the type of person who can make something out of nothing. You are very resourceful.

You know a lot of things. Most importantly, you know when people are wrong - even when they won't admit it.

What Board Game Are You?

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The Capitol and the Sculpture Garden

We wanted to tour the Capitol so we headed out fairly early in the morning. There was already quite a line when we got to the ticket booth. Our tour was about an hour later so we killed a little time walking around. Here's the set.

I still have a thing for metal grates in the ground.

I like the rainbow effect in this one.

Then we ducked back into the Botanical Garden.

Then we went on our tour. Here is our guide.

That was about for the Capitol for us. Then we walked over to the Sculpture Garden. We saw this on the way. So many pretty water features in DC.

We thought this building was cool.

There were a lot of interesting things in the Sculpture Garden.

This one cracked me up. There will be a lot of younger folks who won't know what this is.

These cubes were all spinning.

This is by Alexander Caulder. We have one of his sculptures in downtown Grand Rapids.

I think this is some kind of aluminum, like the one with the spinning cubes. I'm glad the sun was shining when we saw them.

Not sure if this is supposed to be a political statement. :-)

Labels: Capitol, Sculpture Garden, vacation, Washington DC

High spirits!

Ichabod and I both enjoyed going over to Old Town Alexandria, VA. The first time we went we checked out the sites by the river.

If you click on this and choose All Sizes you can read about Alexandria.

While we were there we noticed an ad for Historic Ghost Tours. It sounded like fun so we waited for dark. Then we met up with our tour guide, Rose. She does other tours besides this one and really knows the local history.

This inn had a story about a mysterious young couple that lodged there. The woman was very ill and died within a few days. Her husband disappeared without paying the bill. I'm sure there were more details but this is what happens when I wait over three months to finish posting about my vacation. :-)

This is a tavern that George Washington liked.

This is the Carlyle house. You can read some of its history here. There were plenty of deaths and juicy tidbits here for it to be a main feature of the ghost tour. In this photo, and some of the others, you'll see orbs. Are they dust specks, reflections of light, or some kind of spirit energy? I don't know and I don't care; they're fun to find in pictures.