There will be no regrets to escort the drizzle of this morn. Misty droplets falling from the sky, consigning my rays for a different date and time. The trees take a bow, courtesy of that perpetual swirl in the wind. It came, it went, it had its way. It shouldn't come back for the rest of the day — at looking for my pocket full of sunshine.

Did you know that the Capitol Building has an underground subway? A private means of transportation to take politicians from the House to the Senate building and back again? One of the reasons you don't seem many of them mixing with mere mortals on the streets. Except for George Stephanopoulos, a former senior advisor to the President during the Clinton years. He went to Georgetown Starbucks and didn't mind rubbing shoulders with the people. I even got bid good morning a time or three walking down the street.

Yeah… that was repealed. Did you know? Did you know? That is the joy of history, there is always a good story behind it — at The Capitol, Washington D.C.

This is the Lincoln Memorial that was built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. right across from the Washington Monument. (see number 2 on the map) It may give you some idea of how the Mall is laid out. The vast majority of the city is walkable. It makes it easy to visit most of the Monuments.

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Flowers. There must always be flowers. Today, we will give you
Monochromatic Roses, to color your day.

This shot was from the last Indian PowWow that I attended. There are five Indian Nations in which all the tribes fall under—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole. The Indian Nations have a wide variety of art forms, lifestyles, regalia ( and beliefs. This is what I call Indian Pride. I love this guy and he loved his tribe.

When such a tiny slice of nature shows up in your view, you can only step back in awe that we are surrounded by such amazing creations. Look, but, don’t touch. How lucky to have such a variety of life touch our shores and be captured with our lens. I believe we have reached the part where we bring in the trees. Let's bring out those trees for #TreeTuesday!

Let the sun shine in on your life
So the joy may touch your soul

Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post, again and again, I am encouraged by you, for the time you take to visit, comment or even upvote. For all of these reasons, I am eternally grateful. Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Let's hold hands around the globe and make this earth really spin. Some days, it is not as easy to see, how wonderful it really is. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.

they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?

i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.

later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,

"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"

warsan shire