Damn, Summer went by so fast. The Government is spasming at the end of the Fiscal Year; too much stuff going on to close out their books, and so August was a cypher. The pool is going to close (during the week) next week. Football starts. Damn.
I walked to work yesterday- it was that sort of bittersweet lovely day. I stopped to get a picture of Adam-the-Polish-Lifeguard, hardest working guy in the pool business. Twice the work ethic of most Americans. I stopped to get a picture before he is gone like the wind.
Then I trudged off to the office. It has been a while since I walked in- you know, the heat of Arlington’s summer and all that. Who wants to arrive soaked in sweat like those berserk bicyclists?
The second installment of that huge new apartment building that is going in next door is rising like crazy. Anyone who thinks there is a crisis in construction is nuts. Look at this:
And walking down toward the part of the historic Buckingham apartments, the rehabilitation is proceeding apace.
The Mercedes Dealership on Glebe is rising in a new glass sheath:
Across the street from my office the new monolith is getting glass, too.
After I got to the office I wrote a Statement of Work and looked out the window at the men who were actually working for a living.
Just after five, I shut off the computer and walked over to Willow, to join the Amen Corner.
Good crowd for a Tuesday, with John With and Jon Without, Think, Elisabeth-with-an-S, Jasper, Old JIm, Jake, Sweet Melissa and Jarhead Ray, who wanted to draw his bayonet and kill someone. We got him calmed down, but there was something disquieting. I mean really disquieting.
Jon Without was wearing a regular tie. No bow tie. I started to wonder if it meant there was going to be another earthquake.
(What’s up with that, Jon? All photos Socotra).
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