So off to Ace Hardware and the 1st chance to don the tot’s fuzzy top Christmas present
. #Architecture along #WashingtonStreet — home base for #TheCapitolSteps, the burial mound of 34 Confederate soldiers at #ChristChurch, and #TDBank’s grand entrance. 5th day of Christmas



Getting dusky at 4pm along #WashingtonStreet #OldTown #Alexandria — #LittleItaly trattoria, another gorgeous gate, and the neighborhood hardware store (hello, garden tools!). But further up #JeffersonStreet and the Heights, the sun still gilds the rooftops. #architecture
So still in the Heights and turning down #LeeStreet, the sun is loath to quite call it a day, casting its shadows and a lovely glow. Charming, welcoming #architecture, no two homes the same. (Love the his and her wheels

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From #LeeStreet #OldTown #Alexandria and its ornate iron gates to #FairfaxStreet and nearly home. The lights — entryway, street post, or fairy — now beckoning so no longer tarrying. The tot’s fairy garden begged for a bit of purple. Well done. 4 years and counting. Pixie dust

