April 27, 2026
gem
concert, fashion
Capital One Arena, cosmic love, dc, florence and the machine, howl, shake it out, the dog days are over, washington dc
Last time we saw Florence, it was on this very tour, but in Amsterdam. That was a really fun show. This one was not quite as over the top, but Florence was in great form.
They scrapped the whole entrance thing.


Shake It Out
Cosmic Love



Howl
The audience would like some more please.
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The Dog Days Are Over
April 27, 2026
gem
farm, flowers, photography, plants
flowers, irises, yellow iris

Yellow is number 2.
And then an explosion that is still underway 10 days later. We have hundreds of irises now.


April 27, 2026
gem
cooking
cocktail recipe, cocktails, cooking, lemon mint fizz, mushrooms
New recipes always go better with old ones…like the. Lemon Mint Fizz.



Recipe? Why sure.

We served this one (which I designed) at our wedding.
April 27, 2026
gem
who knows
farm to table, forrest pritchard, homespun, restaurant

OK. Maybe we’re just jealous that Homespun in Berryville has been around so long that we’ve been a million times. It’s good.
But there’s a new one in Charlestown just up 340 and it’s even better. Well done Forrest!
This is the supermodel shot.

And this is Forrest.

April 27, 2026
gem
nature, river
catfish, ghost catfish, path, shenandoah river, walking, white fish
Is it Walter? Maybe. Back from the dead and downstream. We spotted this from the path by the river.

Probably 4 feet long.

April 27, 2026
gem
farm, flowers, nature
ferns, photography, shenandoah valley, Spring, wildflowers
Mid-April in the shenandoah valley is gorgeous.





April 27, 2026
gem
who knows
ant, as you like it, cyn, dc, folger, romey, shakespeare theater, theaater, washington dc, william shakespeare
I have seen a bunch of excellent plays at the Folger. This was Romey’s first. As You Like It was good but not up to Folger excellence. We had a great night out though.
Capitol at sunset.

Audience in the round.

Dinner nearby at Ethiopic with cyn and ant was pretty not bad. The fish was great fun.
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