Sycamore

A couple shots of my favorite tree, where I sat today with friend Laura and got some writing done. I love the big mottled limbs and huge trunk, and during summer it's the best place to catch some breeze and cool shade. Today, any warm sun rays that broke through the canopy were very welcome.

Also a day of unwelcome drama - a bomb scare at Walter Reed military hospital (nothing was found), a 911 call in our neighborhood, and a very alarming situation I drove past, through the beautiful fall day on my way to pick up D, that involved sheriffs and state troopers conferring at the end of a driveway, carrying rifles. I don't know what, but something was very wrong. Hoping for peace and reconciliation across all neighborhoods.