On Sunday, March 27, I went with folks from our church small group to Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA. Our intent was to see the cherry blossoms w/o driving into DC and dealing with the madness down there. We definitely avoided any madness. The day was cold and windy and the cherry blossoms blowing off the trees but enough remained to brighten out the day and our visit and to make for good, I think, pictures. We wanted to meet for a picnic but due to the weather, four of us picked up hot food at Wholefoods and ate in our cars. Surprisingly enough, there was a group of people at the park picnicking and they had coolers! There wasn’t much need for them though. It was nice to get outside, walk around a bit, and have some relaxing fellowship with the folks in our group. I look forward to more opportunities to replicate the experience.
