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All the flowers!

Brown-Mauve colored Iris - kinda pretty, kinda not right

Peach colored roses

Cat Art at Pratt Institute

Interesting windowed house in Clinton Hill

Shirley Chisholm graffiti- 1st black woman elected to Congress

Interesting little tidbit that may feed your paranoias.  I took this picture and an hour later typed in the first three letters of her last name, Chi... and she came up as my first search choice.  I just find that super strange.  I've googled Chi...michurri probably 20 times in the last year but Shirley, never once.   I guess I am to assume Google Photos identified her in my picture library, so when I went to search it recognized that I may be looking for her name.  I still say that's a little scary. A similar recent example was my sister and I were speaking on text about an obscure musician, that night my YouTube feed featured him as a recommendation.  That's our privacy.  Then again, it was helpful.  I can't decide how to feel about it.  Each little freedom we release though is a loss, no matter how convenient. 

homemade Shake n Bake Chicken

Maybe it's being in a Pandemic but cooking retro meals right now feels appropriate.  Stepping away from our modern, hectic lives and going back to basics, what used to be normal, might be great learning experiment for the country.  Forced to stay in our homes, prepare all own food, intentionally support local businesses during a time when money is tight, check on neighbors, talk to more family, more often, really consider people, are all things that used to be part of our lives all the time growing up, if you are of a particular age.  I want to stay in this idea of purpose. I hope it's possible once the old wheel gets to spinning fast again.

Mexican rice stuffed roasted bell pepper with a chunk of roasted cauliflower.