Black Hole of April

The Black Hole of April has whirled itself to a close. Six functions- all successful. I'm really glad I dragged myself out of bed for Dawn Service at 5am on Wednesday. Not so pleased I didn't think to bring my camera however. It was beautiful. The Lincoln Memorial was deserted but all spectacularly lit up. It's the first time I've seen the Vietnam Memorial not swarming with people and at around 6 the sun started to come up behind the Monument and the sky turned pink.

Last night our branch celebrated with enough bottles of wine to result in a game of gridiron round the conference table.