November 26, 2019 thought for the day: Practice not your art, and it will soon depart. German Proverb

I got a few things accomplished before I had to leave for church and food pantry. I couldn’t complete the bulletin though I did get another piece entered now I am just waiting for the last bit of material I need.

I worked on one of the two books I am toying around with. I want to put together the photos that I have been taking daily for the past two years. I have belonged to a photo club on line for fifteen years but the photo a day is comparatively  new. I would like to share the photos with their themes for people to enjoy. Maybe it could encourage people to look closer at things they see every day and see them with new interest. For me, it seems like seeing things through a child’s eye. It really can make the world a whole new place. I find that it calms me. I think I mentioned before, or if I didn’t, 

The photo theme for today was “monochrome”. This is so close to black and white but with the difference that it is tones of color rather than tones of black. I did some driving around. I found several possibilities but oddly enough I found the one I used in the group of photos that I had taken yesterday.

.....I am back from food pantry. It was a slow day which surprised us. This being so close to Thanksgiving we figured people would need for food. Maybe they stocked up last week. We were much busier then. We have another day this week. I suspect that it is going to be slow too. We will have fewer volunteers too, some will be getting ready for the holiday with their own families.

The word is circle. The friendship that can cease has never been real, St. Jerome. I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that  much better, Plutarch.  Friendship is one mind in two bodies, Mencius.  It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity, Robert Louis Stevenson.  There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits,  Robert Southey.  The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere,  Empedocles. Conversation is a game of circles, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected. Change alone is unchanging. The same road goes both up and down. The beginning of a circle is also its end. Not I, but the world says it: all is one. And yet everything comes in season, Heraclitus.

I love reading. I think it is important for not just children but for all of us so this article is interesting. It is a story about something called Moby. It is a 4 feet tall, three cubbies and roof of book jackets object. It is a mobile library. It is part of the Cbus Library system and is used at summer festivals, “wellness walk” and “Trick or Trunks” as a way of giving books to central Ohio kids and adults. Recently at a local book shop where there was a “Booksgiving” book drive.  At that event over $2,000 worth of books given by people attending the event. The money was donated to the Columbus Early Learning Centers. This organization promotes a love of reading by helping to place library kiosks in “underserved communities”. Moby not only helps in the above mentioned events but takes part in adult oriented events to encourage reading. The Cbus Library has donated thousands of books.  The article said that the Cbus Libraries hope to help in areas were other libraries need a boost. Cbus helps librarians  do projects then can’t do during the day.

Today photo was fun and I used a photo technique in post processing to select just the color I wanted and put the rest of the photo in black and white. I have been wanting to take a shot of this porch. I pass it almost every day. There are four like rockers with red pillows on them. It is eye catching.

I will be frying the left over meat loaf from last night for dinner tonight along with potato pancakes.

Joy