February 20, 2020 thought for the day: Listen to advice and accept correction,  then in the end you will be wise. Traditional Proverb

The annual report is out of the way, food pantry is half through for the month, and my two evening meetings are done for the week. Today I got the bulletin done and the newsletter printed. Janet came in while I was running the prints so she helped me getting the first step of the newsletter  done, folding and putting the extra piece in. Dorothy and I will finish it tomorrow.

The photo challenge for February 19, yesterday, was “more than one”. I was volunteering at a food pantry yesterday and was searching for an image that fit the theme. I am always on the look out for photos as I move about the day. This is a collection of just some of the foods we offer at the food pantry.

I ordered a “broom”type vacuum since the Sharp I had before storage didn’t seem to be working as easily as it use to and was hard for me to use. Today when I got home from church, I decided to give the new one a try. It works just great on the wooden floor but when it comes to the area rugs it seems to be as hard to move forward as the Shark was. At least it is smaller and lighter in weight, that makes it slightly easier to manage than the Shark.

I had a second photo of the day for today with the other photo club that I belong to. This theme title was wabi sabi (this definition is from google: In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".

This is my laundry day (remember the child’s poem, “wash on Monday, iron on Tuesday...” my “wash on Monday, is wash on Thursday). So that was the next box to check off on my agenda for today. At least I got it started along with putting some potatoes on for potato salad.

The word today is ecstasy. You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment, Henry David Thoreau. And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous, Rumi.  Life is an ecstasy. Life is sweet as nitrous oxide, Ralph Waldo Emerson. I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul, Therese of Lisieux.  I drank that Wine of which the Soul is its vessel. Its ecstasy has stolen my intellect away. A Light came and kindled a Flame in the depth of my Soul. A Light so radiant that the sun orbits around it like a butterfly, Rumi.  A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for, Henry David Thoreau. In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland, Ludwig van Beethoven. This is the very coinage of your brain: this bodiless creation ecstasy, William Shakespeare. If there is anything for which I would go back to childhood, and live this weary life over again, it is for the burning, exalting, transporting thrill and ecstasy with which the young faculties hold their earliest communion with knowledge, Horace Mann.  

Today’s photo challenge is “growing”. This is a challenge that is relatively easy to find if given some thought. Lots of things are growing, hopefully most living things. This particular one is one of my houseplants that is developing new growth preparing for spring in its continuous development. 

There seems to be a lot of construction going on in the area. That is exciting but, as I mentioned before, I hope it means revitalizing old structures also. The article is about a revitalizing plan taking place in the Thurber Village in Victorian Village vicinity. Facilities that occupied part of the space where the plan is taking place are an assortment of restaurants, including Spinelli’s Deli, Boston Stoker Coffee Company and a CVS pharmacy, and the Giant Eagle. The company who will be doing the redevelopment has a facebook page that will keep the public informed about how things are proceeding. It is hoped that there will be neighborhood feed back for the project as it begins to take place. A residential tower that is being planned could reach ten or mor stories tall as well as smaller scale residential units. The location is near the OSU and Battelle Memorial Institute. historic architecture in Victorian Village. This neighborhood is one of the earliest suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, and it's home to a number of lovely Victorian-style houses, I picked up a bit of other information about the site to share with you. “To preserve, protect and enhance the unique architectural and historical features, the Victorian Village Historic District was established in 1973.”

I am hungry for potato salad so that will be one of the side dishes for dinner tonight along with creamed chipped beef.

Joy