Happy New Year everyone! Blessings to you this year.

(Photo is originally from 2009 Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.)

It is autumn now, my favorite time of the year. Here’s a picture of the leaves changing in our neighborhood:

Along the beach in Washington

Pictures from our trip to Washington state.

It’s July and the garden is in full bloom. Here are some pictures. I realize now that I took a bunch of closeups so you can’t see the overall height and maturity of the plants themselves. So, instead, just enjoy the closeup details.

The cilantro is doing great. Here’s a closeup of a few of the leaves:

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I’ve been looking to try to improve my “still life” photography. This was taken with one flash and filtered sunlight through a window. Hope you enjoy it.

I am the appointed photographer at many of our meetings at the office. Often, that means trying to take interesting pictures of what one of my colleagues calls “talking heads” (i.e., they’re just not that interesting). But sometimes I get to meet and photograph some famous and/or interesting people. Here are two from the files:

Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs at the National Security Council

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