Of all days to have forgotten my camera, I was sorry not to have it with me.\u00a0 A shame to miss two photos that would have lent themselves nicely to captions.\u00a0 Then again, who needs a picture when you have words?\u00a0\u00a0A paragraph of well-written\u00a0words is worth a picture.<\/p>\n
Scene 1<\/span><\/p>\n I stepped off the bus on the corner of 14th and Constitution and saw, in a shady landscaped area next to a building, a police crime scene tape.\u00a0 One end was tied to a tree and the other was strewn across the ground, stretching for about 20 feet.\u00a0 I couldn’t imagine what sort of crime might have happened in such a pretty, landscaped plot.\u00a0 The yellow tape, or perhaps ribbon, had fallen\u00a0perfectly in front of a certain shade-loving type of plant with medium-sized green or variegated oval leaves, that in early summer grows a\u00a012-18 inch vertical stem covered with small, lavender flowers.<\/p>\n The caption:\u00a0 A hosta situation<\/p>\n Scene 2<\/span><\/p>\n Walking down Constitution Ave., I saw in the distance a group of about 10 people sitting on a ledge about 50 feet this side of the 555 foot tall Washington Monument.\u00a0 One person was standing about six feet in front of the group with a camera, taking their picture.\u00a0 From where I stood it appeared as though they were wanting a picture of them in front of that towering marble obelisk.\u00a0 At such close range, the picture would only have included the very base.<\/p>\n The caption:\u00a0 Ain’t no camera high enough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Of all days to have forgotten my camera, I was sorry not to have it with me.\u00a0 A shame to miss two photos that would have lent themselves nicely to captions.\u00a0 Then again, who needs a picture when you have … Continue reading