Mark 1 Mod 0 Wednesday - The Best Day of My Life

I'm pretty sure I've told the story of the response this one guy at the gym gives me every time I ask him how things are going.  He says, "This is the best day of my life."  It took me a little while to pick up on the pattern, but after I started picking up what he was laying down, I decided that his statement is both true and very useful.  From the outside looking in, today was a pretty standard Mark 1 Mod 0 Wednesday for me, but even though it felt fairly routine, it was the best day of my life. The past is history, the future a fantasy, but whatever happens right now is just as it should be and pretty glorious.  I wish I hadn't spent this long figuring out that truth, but here we are.

The Google panoramic shots from yesterday finished navigating the ether, and greeted me this morning on my commute into work.

Anacostia Sunset

Not the most spectacular sunset, but the waves from the wake of a boat really caught my eye and caused me to capture the images that made up this view.

United States Supreme Court

I spent some time trying to get the right shots to center up a theoretical panoramic mash-up, and it looks like things turned out about right.  The first panoramic that I captured of the Supreme Court was offset to the right of the picture a little too much for complete satisfaction.  This one is much better I think. This morning at about 0630 there was a larger than usual crowd lining up to attend the oral arguments centered around questions of affirmative action at the University of Texas.  I enjoy the fact that I get to see where the news that I hear on the radio at the end of the day happens.

Capitol Building

I had a really difficult time capturing a good image of the Capitol Building both yesterday and today.  This picture is a pretty far departure from some of the higher quality shots of the past, but it's the best I could get in the bag yesterday.  It's still pretty cool, and I'm still looking forward to the construction staging coming down later this winter.

Capitol Building from the second cross street west on the Mall

I took a little shorter route than my normal walk this morning, and it put me on the second cross street west of the Capitol Building on the Mall.  I had high hopes of being able to capture a good shot of the Capitol Building from a slightly different perspective, but I was thwarted to a degree by the fuzziness of the dome that I've been battling for the last couple of days.  Not bad, but not spectacular either.  

Submarine Sunset

The sun setting behind the submarine sail monument on the Washington Navy Yard has been a favorite view of mine for awhile, but this is the first time I've tried to photograph it for reasons I don't completely understand.  This may become a more regular feature going forward.

Ancostia Sunset

Yet another Anacostia sunset to round out the day, and since I've been plagued with slow photo download response during the missive this evening I'll finish out the best day of my life and I'm looking forward to the next.  It's going to be fantastic.