Happy Election Day, DMV. It’s Tuesday, Nov. 3.
I sense some nerves. We are going to breathe through it and focus on fall.
(Larry Cook)
D.C. resident Larry Cook, 73, captured the above image of the U.S. Capitol while out on a walk Sunday. “The balmy day had brought many folks out to enjoy the changing colors and just sit in the afternoon sun….”
Our foliage is brilliant, ablaze. Gold and orange cling to the increasingly bare branches, then take flight in even the lightest gusts of wind. My family and I try to catch the leaves before they touch the ground, but they move through the air all herky-jerky, so the game is harder than one would expect.
I biked last Friday to visit a friend and posted this video from the Northwest Branch Trail near Hyattsville, Maryland.
Each time I venture outside, I look and listen for the leaves. I love hearing them rustle beneath my feet. There’s a word for the sound they make: the susurrus (whisper) of the leaves.
(Noe Todorovich)
Noe Todorovich, 44, of Arlington, shared the leaf photo above and the one below.
“Fall is my favorite season and from September through November,” she wrote in her submission. “I can't stop documenting the changing leaves and lovely golden hour light during evening walks with my dog in Arlington.”
(Noe Todorovich)
And a song for you today …
Before yoga class yesterday evening, my dear friend — a Daily Dose reader and yoga teacher — played this song by Sara Bareilles. The words convey stress, while her voice and the melody soothe. We listened and danced.
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📰 News around the DMV
Capital Weather says: Plenty of sunshine and highs mostly in the 70s make it feel more like early October than November. Read the full forecast here.
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🧘🏻♀️ Things to do
24 things to do in the D.C. area this week and weekend (Washingtonian)
Election Day festivities and deals around D.C. (Washingtonian)
Fly through fall foliage on this adventurous day trip (Washingtonian)
Friday 12:30 p.m. — Celebrate John Philip Sousa’s 172nd birthday with a 25-minute concert by the U.S. Marine Band at the composer’s grave at Congressional Cemetery. The public is invited for the free annual event, which will include a brief presentation by a costumed interpreter portraying Sousa.
Monday 5:15 p.m. — I’m substitute-teaching a yoga class next Monday, Nov. 9, at Yoga Heights in Takoma D.C. Sign up for the class and join me.
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