ruthietoots: Our Saturday began with a complimentary breakfast
ruthietoots: The Potomac on the way to Leesburg
ruthietoots: Rita and Valerie at the Wine Kitchen
ruthietoots: Each of us ordered a local sampler -- a lot of glasses!
ruthietoots: Fiddlehead fern risotto -- remarkably good
ruthietoots: Valerie... at the entrance to the George Marshall home
ruthietoots: Rita follows suit
ruthietoots: Yesterday's laundry room
ruthietoots: Where the Marshalls ate most of their meals according to our guide
ruthietoots: Queen Elizabeth
ruthietoots: George Marshall's library
ruthietoots: His bath and bedroom, with the carpet from Madame Chaing Kai-Shek
ruthietoots: At the Tarara vineyard... before a disappointing tasting
ruthietoots: Redbud was blooming that week
ruthietoots: Sunday's walk was super cold though you'd never guess by this photo
ruthietoots: We were in freezing, gale force winds here at the Supreme Court
ruthietoots: Smithsonian exhibit on Afghanistan
ruthietoots: Traditional motifs in new designs
ruthietoots: Rita in the Smithsonian Castle garden
ruthietoots: Spring
ruthietoots: Plenty of pretzels
ruthietoots: RELOs at Caryn's
ruthietoots: Caryn, Tom, and Kerri
ruthietoots: TESOL 1967, the first convention
ruthietoots: Awaiting the first plenary
ruthietoots: "Men often hate... because they cannot communicate" -MLK
ruthietoots: Getting our history down on paper
ruthietoots: Recent RELO retirees
ruthietoots: Recent RELO retirees retake
ruthietoots: The "Hired when?" line