Choir practice was great last night and uplifting for me as it always is. I love the words to the hymns and the peer bonding.
It’s been an interesting day. I got up with the alarm so that I could do my usual virtual visits before I left for church to do the printing. I made copies of the anthem and copies promoting our upcoming birthday party for Jesus before I started printing the bulletin. I had two “shoves” to put in the bulletin today, that slows things down a little. All in all, I got done in good time. As I was finishing the round-about of putting things out and finding the “attendance” sheets and empty boxes and clip boards to be returned to their proper places, Janet came in to volunteer in the office. I asked her to cut the party for Jesus flyers in two for me. That gave her something to do as she manned the office. About that time Donna came in too. So we had a chance for a quick chat before I was on my way to other chores.
I dropped off the home bound bulletin envelops, got gas and stopped at Kroger. I had several things to pick up. Then a stop at the Dollar Store.
At home I unloaded and put away groceries, separated laundry and started a load of clothes.
Late in the afternoon yesterday I picked Sue up when she dropped off her car for repairs. I thought I would be taking her back to pick it up this afternoon but it isn’t done yet.
On my various errands today I was on the look out for my photo of the day. I took several but haven’t been in the “darkroom” yet to make a selection. Besides, my camera warned me that the battery was low so I set it to charge while I got on with all these other tasks. The theme for the photo was “I bought this!”. Due to the fact that I do very little shopping, this one was a challenge. I think I mentioned that a couple of days ago I bought two chairs left from the fall sale so I used that as the subject. It needed some background adjustments in the darkroom and this is what I came up with.The word is compassion. The dew of compassion is a tear, Lord Byron. Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Compassion is the basis of morality, Arthur Schopenhauer. Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity, George Eliot. To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion co
mmunicates his own soul, William Mountford. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame, Alexander Pope. Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs, William Wordsworth. When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity, George Bernard Shaw. The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own, Benjamin Disraeli. Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion, Isaac of Nineveh.
Todays photo theme is “the weather today”. I found it difficult to show a photo of sunny but chilly. I did the best I could on a search for the answer to that quandary. I made stops along the way home for my out-and-about of the day. Ultimately I had a few to choose from and felt that this was the best of the batch.
I guess prices on many things have to be raised to pay for other improvements in the city. That’s just the way things have to work. Sometimes it’s hard to agree with how and where the prices are raised. The article today is about plans to change parking meter set ups. The plans are to make them 30 minute, three hour or unlimited 50 cents an hour. Apparently there will be a survey to determine what most of the public would like. Another part of the plan is to introduce a ParkColumbus smartphone app for metered spots as well as selected on-street spaces. There are a few highly prized free spots Downtown. After a period of time with the new system a survey will be available to see what people think of it. The hopes are that the meters will increase revenue which could then be used to lower prices for Downtown employees. According to the article, restaurant owners and law firms complained that many times spaces near their facilities are limited for their employees due to other people feeding meters every couple of hours at current low rates.
The other online photo club that I belong to has a photo of the day about four to five times a month. Todays theme for that club was “Guess What”. This club has had to change it’s spot on the web a bit. The club’s name was photogroups101 with yahoo but it slightly changed and isn’t open yet for viewing.
I am making taco salad for dinner. Brown a pound of ground sirloin. Add on 8 oz. can of tomato sauce, heaping tablespoon of tomato paste. Then the spices, ½ teaspoon each of Mrs. Dash onion and garlic spices, paprika, splash of black pepper, teaspoon of Knorr beef bouillon, tablespoon each of white vinegar and sugar, squirt of lime juice. Serve the sauce over crushed Doritos, add to taste, sour cream, shredded sharp cheese, lettuce, chopped tomatoes and optional black beans.
Joy
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