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We timed our visit to Kenilworth Gardens well this year: almost peak bloom with very few visitors
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Perfection
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Frequently there are bugs in the lotus blossoms
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This year we saw a heron up close, a Yellow-crowned Night Heron according to my birder cousin
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Focused more on something in the water than us
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Serenity
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Copied from an old slide and printed to gift to Karen, Ruth & Carmen in Venice during Top Deck tour in March 1980
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Copied from an old slide and printed to gift to Karen, Karen in Venice during Top Deck tour in March 1980
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Copied from an old slide, Ruth and Karen in Footbridge kitchen - March 1980
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Four plus decades ago Karen and I were exchange students in England; now we're having tea once again in Norfolk, Virginia
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Setting out for the Chrysler Museum before the tide traps us at home
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High tide is almost at the Chrysler Museum doors
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A few minutes after I took my photo, two guys pushed the car to dry land
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The Chrysler Museum is known for its glass collection
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I'm especially fond of early 20th century art glass
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We started our visit of the Norfolk Botanical Gardens with the bonsais
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We're hoping the pain and the cane are temporary
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The train allowed us to see most of the extensive grounds
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She blends right in with the zinnias
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I was intrigued by the pot hangers
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Entering the perennial garden
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Though a bit bedraggled, this Butterfly lily smells sweet -- as sweet as an Oriental lily
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Karen & Lewie pulling us next to the dock
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A pause in boat business to talk to their neighbor Lorenzo
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Not having sea legs, I just watched them tie up the boat
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Karen & Skeeter
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Lewie & Karen
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An end-of-the-visit portrait, a mere four decades after we first met
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Laszlo reading the Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Monument
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Gizella and Laszlo as we begin our tour of the monuments side of the DC Mall
