Tea Time and Conversation- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum - U.S. National Arboretum #kfrontdesigns #photography #nationalbonsaiandpenjingmuseum #usnationalarboretum #bonsai #usnationalarboretumwashingtondc #arboretum #washingtondc #wdc #mudmen

Chinese door knocker - power, strength, protection and good fortune #kfrontdesigns #photography #chinesedoorknockers #usnationalarboretum #guardian lion #Foodog #FuDog #NationalBonsai&PenjingMuseum #penjingbonsai #washingtondc

Hi-Spy #kfrontdesigns #photography #washingtondc #usnationalarboretum #hispyviewingmachine #hispy #birdwatching #arboretum

Capitol Columns #kfrontdesigns #photography #capitolcolumns #columns #washingtondc #wdc #usnationalarboretum #arboretum #dclandmarks

National Bonsai & Penjing Museum - U.S. National Arboretum Capitol Column #kfrontdesigns #photography #nationalbonsaiandpenjingmuseum #usnationalarboretum #usnationalarboretumwashingtondc #arboretum #capitolcolumns #tōrō #japaneselantern #washingtondc #wdc

A view looking straight up toward the treetops, the sunlit branches and yellow leaves of three tall trees seeming to meet overhead. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2017)

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods” - Byron
#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#Photography #still #trees #fall #USNationalArboretum

A black and white shot of three birch trees, their snow-white bark and bare branches etched against a dark line of trees. US. National Arboretum. Washington, DC (November 2017)

Magical nature in black & white | 'Magische Natur in Schwarz-Weiß’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Birches #trees #B&W #USNationalArboretum
“When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” - Robert Frost

Original columns of the original Capitol building that was burned by the British in 1814. Some of the surviving columns are now here.

Walking the arboretum

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#sky
#columns
#oldcapitol
#photography

An upward-tilted perspective of a Plains Cottonwood, Wyoming’s state tree - its tall trunk and fresh green leaves are splayed against a high blue sky with some white clouds billowing by. In the grove are some other state trees planted at US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (May 2025)

Antidote to the chaos that is Washington🌲🌳🙏🏼☮️
#ScenicSaturday #Photography
#mentalhealth #peaceful #trees #nature #LookUp
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekUforUp
#USNationalArboretum

View of treetops looking up. The boughs are bending toward one another high overhead. In the center is open blue sky. The deciduous trees still have their leaves, the evergreens their needles. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (October 2022)

In the forest | 'Im Wald'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#USNationalArboretum
#Trees #Woods #Nature
#Washington #DC
"I am at home among trees, by root or bough..." - Tolkein

White snowdrops and yellow crocuses in bloom on a wooded hillside. The view is from below looking up towards a cold blue sky, US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (February 2018)

Early bloomers | ‘Frühblüher’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Flowers #Snowdrops
#USNationalArboretum
#Washington #DC

A wooded path and a plank bridge leads through tall evergreens and deciduous trees turning fall colors. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2023)

“Whose woods these are I think I know.” - Robert Frost
#USNationalArboretum #DC #Trees #Woods #Nature
🍁🌳🍂🌲🍁🌳🍂

So peaceful here. 🎶🐦‍⬛🌳🌲 #USNationalArboretum #Washington #DC #SkySunday #Birdsong

Seven long thin bamboo poles called Sot’dae, with carved birds atop each pole, reach up toward the sky, the place where the souls of Korean ancestors dwell. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2017)

Reach for the sky | 'Hoch hinaus'
Sot’dae poles. #USNationalArboretum
#FotoVorschlag #Photography

Photo shows a rough-hewn bridge in a forest. The planks form part of the path through the tall trees. US National Aboretum, Washington, DC🌳🌲🍃🍂(September 2023)

“There is no path to happiness, happiness is the path.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJourney
#USNationalArboretum
#GreenThursday #Photography #Trees

Photo contains four shots of the same Columns, shown in four different seasons, in the same order as the four concertos in Vivaldi’s LE QUATTRO STAGIONI (“Four Seasons'') as follows: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. It is easy to remember Spring as the beginning and Winter as an ending to the cycle. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforItaly
This is my homage to Italian composer Vivaldi! Can you guess which work?🤣🇮🇹🎻
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