First Day of 2006

Last night the boyfriend had a small gathering of friends to ring in the new year. After a wonderful dinner with many Virginia wines, we watched the ball drop with some sparkling Viongier. It was wonderful entertaining friends on New Year’s Eve. We had a great time. Then we stayed up until almost 3:00 AM cleaning all the dishes and putting his house back together. We were very tired by the time we went to bed.

Today was pretty relaxed. We had a simple breakfast with mimosa from the leftover sparkling Viongier. I then watched TV while the boyfriend went to church. Then he did some laundry while I watched more TV. I was like a slug. When he came back from doing the laundry we had some lunch and then decided to take a long walk around the N.W. DC. He lives near the National Cathedral and it’s a beautiful area to walk around in. We walked up to the Cathedral and walked around the grounds. Everything is in winter mode and stark. Inisde the Cathedral there was lots to see. We walked around and looked at the holiday decorations. Then a service was beginning to start so we left. I took lots of photos around the Cathedral.

We walked around the neighborhoods near the Cathedral. Along Wisconsin Ave. there are lots of shops and stores. At one store I saw this homeless man and asked if I could take his photo. He said sure. And he didn’t ask for any money or anything. When I was finished I gave him some money anyway. I thought it was odd seeing a homeless man in the middle of a rather afluent neighborhood. I guess that’s George Bush’s America in 2006. I don’t know that I felt sorry for this guy. I just found him interesting and wanted to take a photo of him. I’ve been taking lots of photos of nude men lately and creating art with the photos, but I think I should spend some time taking photos of just regular people. Maybe in 2006 I’ll work on that.

I have no resolutions for the new year. It’s just more of the same from years past.

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