Vacation

Serviceman's memorial

So we have some nice family shot on Flickr and FB, but here are some design type things I really liked - I'm trying a new mobile posting method, so these will each going their own post:
This memorial is a mother lion looking over her cubs. Hard to shoot so this just the mother

Outside the Lincoln memorial

Lincoln memorial

I'm not sure how this even came out with my phones camera. We all agreed this was our favorite memorial.

I just love the look on his face, this was our headphone tour of the Capitol.

Capitol ceiling

Capitol ceiling

Capitol ceiling hallway

Capitol ceiling

Scrollwork outside the Capitol

Scrollwork outside the Capitol

Decorated parking garage - the detail is pretty amazing if you look

Doors of the DOJ at night (you can't really see them during the day)

Back from Orlando

I can now say I've stayed at a Walfdorf Astoria (not the, a, mind you) and been to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The little shows every sign of being as big a ride junky as I am, so that makes me happy. Here are some snaps:




Why, you might ask, would you put your child in a giant inflatable hamster ball? I don't know either:




I call this one "Cousins with Elephant":








Sorry, gianourmous Lego statues of dragons fascinate me:




Orlando skyline with room lights:




We were all really tired by the end of this trip.
Knitting - working on the back pieces of Glimmer. Which needs a better name.

Back

We went to Gatlinburg for vacation. We hiked (12 miles, my knees think I'm too old for that) and rode horses and went to Dollywood and saw fireworks and now we're all really tired.
Here are the socks I did on the trip and some nature shots while I wait for the bread to cool for dinner: