Saturday, March 13, 2021

Saturday, March 14, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2005. Mattie was about three years old and went to visit his cousins to celebrate Easter. The kids had an Easter egg hunt in the backyard and then came inside for treats. Mattie enjoyed his time with his cousins and the fun and adventures they had together. 

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

• Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 29,394,868
• Number of people who died from the virus: 534,196

You maybe wondering what am I photographing? I was snapping photos today of the various homeless encampments all around us. In fact our neighbor has been taken over. This park is adjacent to my building! Within the park are now 15 tents. Since the tents have arrived, we have litter issues, urination issues, rats, graffiti, and the list goes on.

A close up of our tent city!

If that isn't bad enough, we have this down the street from us. Mind you we live in one of the best parts of the city. Surrounding these tents are governmental buildings and a university!

This isn't the best photo as I took it while Peter was driving. But it is ONE CITY BLOCK filled with tents. The city has brought out porta potties and sinks for the homeless during the pandemic. The irony is I have read many articles about these facilities, which have been reported as not being maintained and water doesn't function. 

I am saddened to see what is happening to the city and once again I wrote to the mayor's office because this isn't a good solution for both the homeless and DC residents.