Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken around Mother's Day of 2009. We were in the hospital and Mattie surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Under the tissue paper flowers was a red clay vase. Something Mattie had made himself in clinic. To this day, I still have the vase and the tissue paper flowers in our living room. 












Quote of the day: No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. ~ Robin Williams

I am slowing digging out, and we have concluded that on the day of the Walk, we generated $7,986. Giving us a grand total of $117,536. However, a few more donations are still coming in and I think we will be up to $118,000 when it is all said and done. 

This afternoon, we took my parents to a wonderful lunch on the Potomac River, at Fiola Mare. It is one of my favorite restaurants in DC. After lunch, my mom and I went to Dumbarton Oaks. 

In 1920, after a long and careful search, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss found their ideal country house and garden within Washington, DC. They purchased a fifty-three-acre property, described as an old-fashioned house standing in rather neglected grounds, at the highest point of Georgetown. Within a year, the Blisses hired landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand to design the garden.

Working in happy and close collaboration for almost thirty years, Mildred Bliss and Beatrix Farrand planned every garden detail, each terrace, bench, urn, and border. 

This orange butterfly was fluttering all around us!

To me Dumbarton Oaks is like entering a secret garden. You just don't expect all this beauty in the middle of Georgetown. 

Hues of purple filled the gardens. 

Fountains and water elements were also prevalent! 

Pathways take you from one terraced garden to the next. 

This is the pebble garden. Do you notice the chaff of wheat created by pebbles. Apparently the Bliss family motto was.... you sow what your reap and you reap what you sow!

My mom in front of the house, which is now a museum. 

The swimming pool for the property!

Me next to a wonderful gardenia bush! The gardens make you feel like you are stepping back in time. They are peaceful, beautiful, and a true escape from city life.