USC vs UVA ...To Be Continued

The Rotunda and Academical Village, circa 1856

Megan's Baptism...To Be Continued

Day Trip to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Marcy and I day-tripped 64 miles to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello http://www.monticello.org/ and then, of course, to Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.

Aerial view of Monticello

"...all my wishes end,
where I hope my days
will end, at Monticello."
Thomas Jefferson, 1787

West Elevation

Vegetable Garden and Vineyard

Garden Pavilion

"No occupation is so delightful to me as
the culture of the earth, and no culture
comparable to that of the garden."
Thomas Jefferson, 1811

West Elevation and Lawn

East Elevation

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Thomas Jefferson referred to Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and John Locke as “...my trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced,” and thus hung their portraits along the top tier in Monticello’s Parlor.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Isaac Newton

John Locke

Salome (Herodias) with the Head of John the Baptist by Guido Reni

Jesus in the Praetorium by Jan Gossaert (copy after 1527 original)