Yesterday I went hiking in the Shenandoah along the Raven Rocks trail, which ends up in West Virginia. On the way back to DC, we stopped at a country store that sold homemade pie and ice cream, was run by kind people who operated at a country pace, and that made me miss the middle states. While I love DC in its own way, there is something just so refreshing about being away from the eastern seaboard, even by just a couple of hours drive.
In other news, the U.S. Botanic Gardens have a "corpse flower" that is about to bloom! You're dead wrong if you think I'm going to miss seeing a 250 lb. plant bloom in all of its stinking-flesh glory. I will briskly walk in this 97 degree heat to go see it, too. Until then, I'm keeping close watch on the live webcam of it. That's right-- a webcam is set up so that you can watch people watch a plant. Check it out!
http://usbg.gov/return-titan
Happy Monday!
love always,
E
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