Peach Cobbler

Forgot to take photo of uncut, virgin peach cobbler, but here is a slice... This is a super easy recipe, that tastes great. I'm impressed. Even better, I overestimated how many peaches make a cup, so we have more farm fresh peaches still to eat!

St Michaels on the Bay

Legend is that during the War of Independence, St Michaels foiled the British Navy by putting lights in a nearby forest and blacking out their village, saving the village from a canon attack. It certainly is a very historic and pretty town. It was a boat building area, and was known for producing privateers that went after the British, which is why the British were attacking it.
We went on a day cruise, with a 2 hour trip on a catamaran across the Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis, to St Michaels, with about 3 hours to spend exploring in St Michaels.
The cruise was very eventful, climaxing in a bus trip home because the boat had lost something that meant the boat horn and the toilets didn't work (among other things), none of which affected us on the way across. While there, we had lunch, then explored St Michaels on foot in a sweaty lather and ended up at the Chesapeake Maritime Museum, which definitely warrants further exploration.
We would definitely like to try it again, and hope for a boat ride home this time!
Tip - getting broiled seafood means your lunch takes longer. Just get the fish and chips.

Very weird company line

I cannot comment more on this, I am speechless.

Lazy Sunday morning

Yeah, so its Sunday morning, we have visitors who are happy to look after the kids, and what do I decide is a good use of that time?

Capitol Building, Washington DC

They are restoring the dome of the Capitol - scraping off all the lead based paint, repairing the cracks, glueing back on all the decorative bits that have fallen off. It will take until 2017, and we got in to see the inside of the Rotunda the last day it would be open, until 2017, so we feel a bit of a sense of achievement.

More enjoyable than I expected, less boring than you expect of a Parliament building. Bigger than I thought. Tip: visit in afternoon. we were forced into early 11am lunch, because no food or drink, not even unopened things, are allowed in there. Waterbottles had to be empty. Security friendliness is somewhere between Statue of Liberty (cranky, suspicious) and airports (usually quite friendly, so long as you do what they say).

I think this photo is of the South Lawn, where officially, you're not allowed to toboggan, but made news last Winter because people did toboggan.

National Hot Dog Day

Hot dog, hot dog hot diggety dog - is some song the kids have picked up (turns out it is from the Mickey Mouse Show?) that they sing whenever we have hot dogs. They just have tomato sauce (ketchup), we have branched out into sweet pickle chutney and mustard too.

Grove of Willows

This is that grove of willows from the other side of the (ornamental) lake, with a nice haze effect introduced because I had sweated all over my phone while jogging.