Back in Charlottesville

One of my favorite places, Monticello, Jefferson's home outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. The guy was a genius, but was a fairly poor businessman. When he died, he left tons of debt. They had to sell everything, including the home. Beautiful but sad story of one man's obsession with the quest for beauty.


One of the great things he did was oversee the building of University of Virginia. This is the backyard of one of the dorms. Pretty nice place.


Of course, every green campus lawn requires a few good dogs. One is a black lab, the other, the combo platter, I think she told us.


The Rotunda, which sounds like a great name for a group of really phat hip-hop artists, used to be the library when I was a grad student back in the '70s, is now a museum. This is a great looking desk, but we couldn't fit it in the trunk of the Benz, and had to leave it there.


Another shot of the Rotunda. Not sure the what "Z" thing is all about. Probably the boys from "Eata Buncha Fritas" painted it. Hard to say.


Another view from Monticello, looking across the valley. Gotta love it.