Taylor and I have been getting out everyday to go for walks in the neighborhood. It's great to walk here because there's no cars on the neighborhood streets. The DC area was planned in such a way that many side streets don't go through to the major ones, and forget the traditional grid layout! All the streets go at diagonals to each other, and curve and twist all over. This design was purposeful, an effort to confuse an invading enemy. While it does make for some challenging navigation, having so little traffic on the side streets is wonderful. So different than our street in Portland where cars would come zooming by, using Madison as a detour around Hawthorne and traffic lights...
Yesterday we walked to a park that's nearby, which has trails and a creek!
Nalah had some fun splashing around in the water :)
I also spent some time yesterday cleaning up the back patio. It still needs some work, but it's looking much better already. Here's before:
And after:
This morning Taylor and I found a few garage sale treasures. A cute bistro set for the back patio (just needs some paint), and a dining room table (just needs some chairs). For a whole $13, it wasn't such a bad deal :)
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