Crocuses or Crocii?

I was walking up my sidewalk on Saturday when I gasped because lookit!

Has Spring officially sprung? Is this really it for winter?

Some Baltimore Pix

My Garmin GPS directed me to go into downtown DC in rush hour traffic on a Friday. Thanks for that extra hour, Garmin. [insert sarcasm font with a few expletives].

The capital Capitol. 

Tourists. This is where I make up a STORY, like when I see a couple in a catalog:
A woman stumbles on my blog and says, "Is that Gary? But he said he was at a dentist's convention. Wait a minute, is that NANCY-the-florist with him?!" 
Busted.

Double decker bus!

 But we were soon on our way . . . 

After we were all checked in, we took a walk:

Clock tower across the street.

It was used in the decor of the restaurant in the hotel:

My photo doesn't do it justice, but it made cool wallpaper!
John will have something technical to say about the use of my flash, I'm sure.

This was right across the street from the hotel.  A "gentleman's" club.

BLUE SKIES!

In front of the Hippodrome--there's my letter!

 Pretty hibiscus:

Texture of a palm tree trunk.

Outside our hotel, trying to anchor down the flags.
Someone didn't want wanton flapping of flags in the breeze!

 We were near Camden Yard, so this:

Babe Ruth.

Another clock.

Architects are funny. "You know what we need? A building in the formation of steps. Or legos."
The way the light is makes it look transparent. Pretty cool.

 Sign at a restaurant:

Inside the Hippodrome:

Yeah, I know. Stoopid flash.

I already showed this, but it's worth repeating!

This was on the other side:

FUN!

 I got this flower from church; part of the Grateful, Glad & Giving theme. This month, we're grateful for flowers.

 So I took some pix before it died.

 Different backgrounds:

And then I got company:

End of Flower Pic Fest.  :-)

The earth laughs in flowers. 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

M&M

You may have noticed 2 Millie posts from Saturday. I've been organizing M&M Mondays, and those were in my drafts folder, never published. I didn't realize that I had published them, and then I just put them in to the M&M Mondays page in chronological order. Reading thru all the posts made me feel closer to them again. Missing them makes me miss Barkley & Remi, and it makes me love Bingo all the more. I had a friend visit over the weekend and we were walking Bingo up the drive and I had this realization--declaration, really--that I can't imagine my life without a dog. I'll always have at least one. Altho, I keep thinking that the older I get, perhaps the smaller my dogs will get so I can lift them if I need to. In 30 years I'll be with miniature poodles & chi-wow-wows. Anyway, just wanted to offer a bit of clarification for those wondering, What the what? And now, here's a picture of a flower:

Composer brother helped me plant this last year. And by "helped," I mean, he did it.