November 22, 2019 thought for the day: When you rely too much on reason, you end up not relying enough on feeling. French Proverb

Days like yesterday bring to mind a ride on a roller coaster. It comes around for me once a week but particularly this week with an extra appointment thrown in for good measure. I got up with an alarm so I could allow time to get to church to print before I had to leave for the doctor’s appointment. The printing went well time-wise so I had plenty of time to get ready for the next move. On the way to the appointment our normal path for the adventure was blocked due to road construction. So we had to make a detour. But still made it one time. Thankfully I didn’t have a lot of waiting and the appointment went well. One thing that was a disappointment for me was I lost a crochet piece that I have been working on for about a month. It was supposed to be a section of a blanket that I am working on, the pattern is called Woven in Time. I had taken it with me to stay occupied while I waited. It was my own fault. I put it in a fanny pack that I carry my compact cameras in. The zipper wouldn’t go completely shut, that should have warned me.

The doctor had put drops in my eyes to dilated so I couldn’t focus very well to use the computer....it affected my post processing of the photo of the day.

We pulled TV dinners from the freezer for dinner. I was not in the mood to cook.

I had difficulty with yesterday’s photo. The theme was black and white. I can change the in the processing but I like to photograph something that is black and white rather then process in black and white. I played round with a few things. I ended up with the one I am sharing.

Today I went to the church early again because two ladies were coming to help me finish the newsletters. One of them was waiting there for me. With the ladies’ help we got through the newsletter in very good time.

I left the church to head for Kroger to get some of the supplies for Thanksgiving. That went more smoothly than I expected. I found everything on my list and was done within an hour. It took that long or longer to get it unloaded from the car, into the house and put away. Then I placed a ‘click and pull” order at Sams Club for pick up tomorrow.

Lowell stopped to pick up a list for presents for the twins and to leave some things for Mick.

I needed to get my photo shot for the photo of the day. The theme is “warm” so I had my sister put on her fur coat and act like it was cold outside. Now I have to post process it......I’m not totally happy with the outcome of the filter I chose to use in the post processing. The coat looked more like a fur coat in the original image. In this image it is to clunky.

The word today is choices. The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice, George Eliot.  We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom, Saint Francis de Sales.  Every man has a choice between love of truth and love of repose. Love of repose brings him a solid reputation and peaceful life; love of truth keeps him in suspense. A man who loves truth respects the highest law of his being, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice, Honore de Balzac.     



The movie in today’s article has been an interest to me since I heard they were making it. I enjoyed watching the TV show it with my kids as they grew up. I thought what a wonderful man. Later, just a couple of years ago, I learned that he was a Presbyterian minister and went to the seminary with one of our favorite preachers. So the movie has a double meaning for me. I hope I get the chance to see it. I was also surprised to learn that Tom Hanks, actor,  found out after the movie was made that he and Mr. Rogers are actually 6th cousins. As the article mentioned, Fred Rogers was an advocate for children. His manners of kindness and gentleness were very evident in his shows. Again as mentioned in the article how to you make a move without drama and scandal. The movie is based on reporter learning about Mr. Rogers for an article he was doing. Though most of the movie was fictional, except most of the words and Mr. Rogers says. The journalist was called an “attack dog in print” so many don’t want to talk to him, so his wife was worried about his enter workings with Mr. Rogers. I haven’t seen the film yet but apparently much of the time is with the reporter and his family.  It is said that the movie show Mr. Rogers as an “almost-perfect person”. The article related that by the end of the movie there is a feeling that the time was spent with Mr. Rogers and left you as a benefactor of his presence.

Here it is again.....the “relaxing” dinner time evening....Pizza.

Joy

I am sharing a couple of photos that have popped up on my facebook page that I uploaded in the past.