1. This clear cold day was just right for clearing recyclables out of the garage, mailing a package at the post office, and picking up a grocery order at Walmart.
2. It was also fun to turn the clock back about a dozen years, give or take, and fix an old favorite electric frying pan dinner. I combined and fried bacon pieces, a half a pound of ground beef seasoned with Montreal Steak Seasoning, onion, red pepper, potatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, and spinach leaves and toward the end of it all cooking up, I covered everything with shredded cheddar cheese.
It was a fun culinary flashback and, despite me forgetting to include green beans and mushrooms in this meal, it worked really well.
3. On April 1, 2016, I got up fairly early in the morning and drove to Washington, DC's Union Station, parked the car, and took a bus to the Tidal Basin. I took pictures of the fading cherry blossoms, the regal Jefferson Monument, and then made my way to the Tulip Library in the shadow of the Washington Monument. I took a bunch of pictures that day, and I remember that by 2016 I had become something like hypnotized by the Washington Monument.
On April 1, 2016, I wasn't thinking about ever moving to Kellogg. I strolled and took pictures as if I would be living near Washington, DC for a long long time. I don't know if I would have done things differently, acted with more urgency, in 2016 if I knew I'd be leaving the East Coast just a year later, but I took great joy in living in Greenbelt and being so close to Washington, DC.
So, for the Joy Project I'm participating in on Facebook, here's my picture for Day 7.
I imagine this image can be seen, maybe even interpreted, in a number of ways. I welcome that.
I took this picture out of love, my love for living in Maryland so close to Washington, DC, my love for leafless trees, for silhouettes, and my love for the majesty and grandeur of the Washington Monument.
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