Lovely images.

A friend sent over this link to the White House site where the President’s year is illustrated in pictures, most by his chief photographer, the always excellent Pete Souza. These images show time and again a man of great dignity yet surprising warmth and empathy, and one who is finally hitting his stride.

Click the image for the site – it takes a while to load.

If you have not had a chance to tour the White House, there’s a full size replica of the Oval Office in the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, north of Los Angeles. You will be amazed to see just how small the room is, despite being the cradle of power for the greatest nation there has ever been.