Friday night skating. Smithsonian Sculpture Gardens ice rink. National Archives in the background.

Sol Lewitt’s “Four Sided Pyramid” at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

“Puellae” (Girls) by Magdalena Abakanowicz at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

The Eraser at night at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

The National Christmas Tree and the White House.

The National Christmas Tree.

The Washington Monument, Just after sunset.

Leaves are gone, trees are bare and evening clouds give an air of mystery to the Washington Monument.

The mystery thong again.

And black and white for the Gothic-leaning out there.

Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson offers a glimpse of our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.,  in the last month of the year.