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This is the kind of snow I like! The kind where its on the trees and not on the roads. The kind where it makes everything so peaceful and calm. I know I wasn’t excited about it yesterday but I’m glad we got this last bit of snow before the warmer weather.

Three things I was grateful for this week:

1. YAY March is finally here!
2. Amazing colorful sunrises
3. My amazing graphic designer friend, Anelise for helping me with some website updates. Can’t wait til everything is complete 🙂 She’s the bomb, in case you didn’t know.

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One of my favorite places to go to when I want to spend a day outside. It’s crazy to think that this amazing place is only 15 miles away from Washington DC, yet there are so many people who still have not visited.

When I think about Great Falls Park, I always think about high school. That was when I was first getting into photography and my mom would take me to practice my compositions. I also remember having to write a school paper about the park with my friend Anna. We walked the trails and researched the heck out of the history but only got a “B” on that paper. It’s ok though because I also remember gossiping and laughing our way through the whole project. It was kind of a miracle that we even got it together enough to write the paper.

As an adult, Andrew and I have taken our nephews to the park to play soccer or we’d walk the trails with Frankie. When we first started dating, we walked the whole entire Billy Goat trail while getting to know each other. Another time my cousin, Lynn came to visit from North Carolina and she got her first signs of pregnancy in the park 🙂 And I can’t even count the amount of times I’ve been here and witnessed the most amazing sunrises and sunsets.

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The amazing beauty of the Potomac River on a cold winter morning

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Close up view

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We’re not the only ones who love the park. Its not uncommon to see these beautiful blue herons fishing for dinner.

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The park is so big that it is in both Maryland and Virginia. This is a small part of the Maryland side.

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Although Virginia is still my favorite side

Hope you enjoyed that stroll down memory lane. I didn’t realize how much Great Falls park meant to me until I had sat down and looked through all these images. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did <3

 

In case you missed the any of my other DC guides:

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YAY Its March! Hopefully this month’s wallpapers will warm ya up a bit.

Tap and hold to save phone wallpapers, or click on the link below the desktop wallpaper to download the high-res version!

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LINCOLN MEMORIAL SNOW DAY

 

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD GREAT FALLS PARK SUNSET

 

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I couldn’t help it. I had to post this image from last week’s ah-mazing sunrise after the storm. It kind of reminds of the Lion King with the colors and birds meets San Andreas with all the flooding on the right hand side of the image, except wayyy less dramatic.

PS. Today is my half birthday. Am I the only nerd who likes to celebrate their half birthdays? I feel like I get a pass since it only comes around every four years. CUPCAKES for everyone!

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So all that rain from the other day really caused a big flood at the Tidal Basin yesterday. It was kinda crazy to see exactly how much water there actually was.

I took so many images those 24 hours. Im trying my best to get through them all. Expect a vlog soon 🙂