Monday, June 1, 2020

Monday, June 1, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2002. Mattie was a month old. Peter was giving him a bottle on our deck. We used to love looking at Mattie's dreamy face when having a bottle. He seemed so relaxed and in a zen place. 





Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 1,804,206
• number of people who died from the virus: 104,799

I ventured out to the dentist office today because I needed crowns on my teeth. I had root canals in February, but because of COVID, I wasn't able to finish the process by getting crowns. One of my teeth has a fracture and my endodontist told my dentist that my need for a crown was an emergency. Which is how I got an appointment today. It is hard enough managing day to day lock down from COVID, but now our cities are being over ridden by crime due to the protesting of George Floyd's death. In fact, I had Peter drive me to the dentist and pick me up because neither of us felt it was safe to walk alone. What is happening to our city, or cities? Again, tonight law abiding citizens are facing another curfew at 7pm (in DC). Our freedoms are taken away, but those who want to inflict rioting, pain, and chaos are allowed to roam freely and in crowds of hundreds. So much for the COVID threat! I guess it only applies to those of us who actually follow the mandates of our cities. I snapped some photos of what is happening in DC. The photos to me are vial! I get what it is like to lose someone tragically. But violence is never the answer or the solution. It disgraces the memory of those who suffered and died. 

Graffiti on the World War II memorial, one of my favorite memorials on the National Mall. Memorials are meaningful and should be considered sacred. Violating such a memorial tells me that the rioters have no respect at all for those men and women who fought for our freedoms. 

Graffiti on the Lincoln Memorial! I absolutely detest graffiti of all kinds. I don't find it artistic or a form of expression. Which is why I constantly report graffiti in DC so that it can get removed. However, defacing the Lincoln Memorial makes me sad, mad, and disgusted. 

St. John's Episcopal Church is more than 200 years old and sits near the White House. The church is a National Historic Landmark known as the "Church of the Presidents" as every president since James Madison has attended a service at St. John's. The church was not only vandalized but set on fire. 

Along my journey to the dentist today. Windows were either broken or graffiti was on them. 

 This is the beautiful St. Regis Hotel. Filled with graffiti!

The even boarded up the hotel to prevent the windows from being broken. 

A Starbuck's boarded up.

Graffiti everywhere. 

Right outside my dentist's office. I find all of this very offensive and frankly I think these actions insight anger on all peaceful citizens. If each of us took violent action every time we had been wronged or treated unfairly, we wouldn't have a society. We would have chaos, non-stop violence, and the freedoms we have come to appreciate would disappear.  

I end tonight on a more positive note. When I got back from the dentist, this was my sighting. Indie was on our kitchen counter. Something she knows I do not like. But when she hears a bird, you just can't stop her! She is very bird centric.