Summer at Lake Anne

Today I went to see a friend who lives at Lake Anne, a complex of houses and apartments built around a large man-made lake in the early 1960's.

It includes shops, restaurants - with extensive outside seating now that summer is here - and a community centre.

The bronze statue relaxing at the edge of the water is Mr Bob Simon who was the founder of the planned community of Reston - Lake Anne was the first part of his plan that was realised.  In April of this year there were celebrations on the plaza by the lake to celebrate Reston's 50th birthday and Mr Simon's 100th!

There is a very tempting fountain on the plaza - especially on a day like today when the temperature was over 30C.  It looks rather like a sandcastle.  Despite the sign saying that children and animals should stay out of the water, two or three small children were having a great time running in and out of the spray!