It’s almost mid-October and it was 92 degrees today here in the DC area. We broke a record set back in the 1930s. I can’t even imagine what it was like to live in 92 degrees in the 1930s. It was the time before air-conditioning. So hot was hot- there was no escape.
I know what the houses were like in the 1930s because we still have many of them around. It was before WWII, FDR was president & the term “urban sprawl” wasn’t even a concept, let alone the common place it is here today. Yes, life was different in the 1930s.
So instead of searching for the beautiful color of the changing leaves, I went to the Bon Air Rose Garden today. The roses where still in bloom and the leaves at still green. I love this little park. It’s maintained by the county and has a loyal following. I’m glad that Arlington County has given us a rose garden.
The smell of roses just fill the air. The bike path passes right through it. There are rows and rows of roses. A few tennis courts, basketball & volleyball courts, a tot lot and lawns with picnic tables to sit.
The Bon Air Memorial Rose Garden sits off of Wilson Blvd on North Jefferson Street. I wonder what it would be like to live in the houses across the street from this rose garden. As you leave for work each day- you can really stop to smell the roses.
So while I wait for the leaves to change and fall to arrive– I hope you will enjoy my visit to the rose garden.
There is another rose garden in the DC area more people have heard about- it sits behind the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I was fortunate to visit that rose garden once. I was disappoint. It’s nothing like Arlington’s rose garden. But much more historic for sure and visited by people more famous than me.
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