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Duhhhh...bya?!

Vol 3, Iss 4 Washington, DC - This last weekend (Saturday, 20 January 2001) we saw  the swearing-in of our 43rd President, George "Duhhh... bya" Bush. A few roped-off protesters also  gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue to let their voices heard.

If you had enough extra cash lying around after paying your natural gas heating bill and were in the nation's capital, you might have been able to purchase one of those high-priced tickets to view the parade in the stands along the parade route...

OR... You might have been lucky enough to afford a tux, boots, etc.  (Texas formal clothing) to attend one the fancy inaugural balls with all the other Republicans.  If... they had not sold out early, that is! 

My democratic godmother did NOT show up in time for this "Yellow-dog-Democrat" to attend...  LOL...  The "chads" & "dimples " slowed her arrival -- The pumpkin wouldn't start -- Besides that, the cat ate the mice -- The wheels of the coach kept falling in the winter potholes on her trip through Oklahoma!

But what the Hey!.... The next best thing is having a DC correspondent with a digital camera and a  hookup to a modem.

That gives this "Yellow-dog Democrat" & "Okie" (AND... Proud of it!) more time in the country with my yearling colt, Okie Moon. 

Speaking of Moon,... he is still a beautiful dark horse of a different color.  His natural, winter, fuzz is a dark brown with three-white stockings and a white moon spot in the middle of his forehead. 

I truly believe that he still remembers me.  He allows me to side up to him -- sniffs my outreached arm of friendship & respect -- likes to be petted underneath his jaw, forehead and neck area.  Closeup of OkieMoon 

Bud says, "It's your quiet nature that has settled the yearlings down."

I like watching his ears perk up to attention as I talk to him.  It's kind of like my sister's miniature schnauser, Daisy.  Daisy is another pet that has this way with her ears that radiates her personalty. View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

A Cold Day in...

Vol 3, Iss 4 Washington, DC - What can I say, but it was a wet, cold, and a miserable day when G . "Dubya" Bush took office.

I got down close to the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue in time to see the first family head for home from the Capital at 2:30 PM. 

Well, I didn't actually see anything with all the rich folk who paid to sit in the bleachers and the protesters at the Archive-Navy Memorial (See pictures ). 

The protesters did play a round of capture the flag with the police.  Someone took down and ran off with one of the flags at the Navy Memorial and another protester replaced an old American flag upside down on the flag pole. 

When the limos drove by all the protesters put their fingers in the air and saluted and chanted, "Not my President." ProtestSalute.jpg

Once I had enough pictures of the protesters, I journeyed down toward the White House.  I found a better place to watch the parade standing out front of the Washington Hotel across the street from the White House.  I also got a picture of Drew Cary who was riding a Hummer up 15th Street.

I think the police chief went a little overboard because there was a line of police along both sides of the parade route standing in front of the  spectators.  That is why you see police in every picture I took. View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

2003 - Washington, DC Snow

Vol 5, Iss 12 Washington, DC - 2003 Snow - DC, 18 N. Swann (Click images to get larger view.) View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe