Protests Today
5 Apr 2025 22:49![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karmicdragonflyMy local city had a protest, but I felt the need to go to DC, so I got up really early and took the train, then metro. I walked so very much and now I'm exhausted!
Also a bird crapped on my at one point, but nature, I guess. 😳🫤😅
Lots of people -- to the point where I had to withdraw to less populated ground -- not a fan of being in the middle of large crowds! I do not believe the police expected such a large number. You could see the police presence expanding during the day -- more cars, and more roads blocked off due to the numbers of people.
My original plan was to arrive early and to find some place to have coffee and a sweet. But instead I started walking -- which is always what I do -- I just start walking!
I visited the place where the protests would be -- around the Washington Monument. This is a photo while I was walking from the metro towards the Washington Monument.
Then I walked to the Tidal Basin in the hopes the cherries would be in bloom, but they were mostly not. I assume I missed the bloom by a few weeks.
Next I walked to the WW2 memorial...I figured I might as well pay homage to the last time we had to deal with this fascist shit.
Then to the Jefferson Memorial -- it's quite a walk from the Washington Monument! I don't even remember if I ever went to see Jefferson -- it's a really nice Roman temple kinda building!
Buddhist monks out hawking their bracelets. You know I love me a good Buddhist monk doing alms. But he wanted me to pay 20 bucks, and I'm like I can only afford 5. So he bowed, I touched his shoulder - and really per the Buddha, a monk is to accept what is given.
The story is that a leper left a coin...and a piece of his finger (!) in the Buddha's alms bowl. So the Buddha ate the piece of finger lol
Then I visited some of the museums on the mall. But really I was exhausted and didn't spend much time. This was in the Freer Gallery.
This was in the Natural History Museum --
Also a bird crapped on my at one point, but nature, I guess. 😳🫤😅
Lots of people -- to the point where I had to withdraw to less populated ground -- not a fan of being in the middle of large crowds! I do not believe the police expected such a large number. You could see the police presence expanding during the day -- more cars, and more roads blocked off due to the numbers of people.
My original plan was to arrive early and to find some place to have coffee and a sweet. But instead I started walking -- which is always what I do -- I just start walking!
I visited the place where the protests would be -- around the Washington Monument. This is a photo while I was walking from the metro towards the Washington Monument.
Then I walked to the Tidal Basin in the hopes the cherries would be in bloom, but they were mostly not. I assume I missed the bloom by a few weeks.
Next I walked to the WW2 memorial...I figured I might as well pay homage to the last time we had to deal with this fascist shit.
Then to the Jefferson Memorial -- it's quite a walk from the Washington Monument! I don't even remember if I ever went to see Jefferson -- it's a really nice Roman temple kinda building!
Buddhist monks out hawking their bracelets. You know I love me a good Buddhist monk doing alms. But he wanted me to pay 20 bucks, and I'm like I can only afford 5. So he bowed, I touched his shoulder - and really per the Buddha, a monk is to accept what is given.
The story is that a leper left a coin...and a piece of his finger (!) in the Buddha's alms bowl. So the Buddha ate the piece of finger lol
Then I visited some of the museums on the mall. But really I was exhausted and didn't spend much time. This was in the Freer Gallery.
This was in the Natural History Museum --
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on 6 Apr 2025 03:59 (UTC)