A bit more time city side this week gave me a day to take an excursion down town.
Washington DC has a museum dedicated to just about everything.
The most popular and well know are the Smithsonian Institution buildings along the Mall,
{I worked in the SI system processing archives for a few years....fascinating work!}
but off the beaten path, in every direction there is so much to explore.
I took the Metro Northwest DC, and was greeted with this sign.
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| Which would you choose? |
I walked a few blocks past interesting architecture
through a neighborhood of diplomatic residences and arrived here.
to see this.
No photography inside of course.
I have a renewed interest in hand stitchery lately and enjoyed examining a few examples of lovely tapestries, but overall the exhibit was a bit underwhelming.
Heading back to the Metro I quite accidentally ( I swear! ) stumbled upon this
Where I left with this.
Pricey yarn, but it absolutely captivated me. The gold flecking running throughout, that does not show up well, is STUNNING.
{and I was such a good girl knitting from stash for almost a year, I deserved a splurge, right?)
Now to decide what to do with it??!
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