April 20, 2020 thought for the day: Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief. German Proverb

I got an early start. I set the alarm to get up and ready to visit the senior hour at Kroger. There seemed to be more people there today than I have experienced in the past during this hour. I did notice that paper towels and toilet paper were much more in stock at this visit. I don’t think I will need a curbside pick up this week. However, I FINALLY got to place an order at Sams Club and have a pick up for tomorrow.
The 19th was another stay at home day. To capture my “gratitude” photo challenge I caught this one. When my sister comes through the dining room, where I have my computer (and Sugar sticks to me like glue), she catch. I am grateful for my sister and for the love that flows in this house.

Once the visits were out of the way I got to work on next Sunday’s bulletin. I have it all ready for the information from the pastor. I also checked the newsletter for any touch ups I could make before I have further information coming in. I don’t look for too much more to come though, since I have sent out requests for items in the bulletins and through email, responses have been drastically limited.

The weather is still not cooperating as hoped for, getting out is not as exciting as I would like in this early spring season.

When I got home and, finally, able to get to my usual-first-thing-virtual-visits, there was an email that made me smile. Someone bought one of the pillows that display one of my photos. It is one of my favorite designs, although over the years I have accumulated many favorites. Redbubble.com carries many of my designs displayed on an interesting variety of products.


The word is finite. Finite to fail, but infinite to venture, Emily Dickinson. We should like Nature to go no further; we should like it to be finite, like our mind; but this is to ignore the greatness and majesty of the Author of things, Gottfried Leibniz.  Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory, William Law. The infinite is in the finite of every instant,  Zen Proverb.  Finite mind cannot comprehend infinity, Jeremiah Seed.  There is nothing that is so wonderfully created as the human soul. There is something of God in it. We are infinite in the future, though we are finite in the past, Henry Ward Beecher.  Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die, Hannah More.  It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite, Leonardo da Vinci.  That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal, Aristotle.  There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite, Abraham Lincoln.  

I drove through the near by park on my way home from the store for a photo challenge. I made several shots and came up with this one. I am grateful for benches and other seating along paths in nature. A place to rest and a place to sit and contemplate the world as it moves on.

This article title caught my attention because it is close to my house and I have been keeping an eye on it since it opened. There seems to be more people visiting it than I expected. The title to the article is:  A cupful of community, Hilltop coffee shop that brought people together now must keep them apart. It mentions a couple of workers who have regularly met there for coffee before they go to work. Now they sometimes met there for their carry out coffee standing outside on the sidewalk at six feet apart.  The chairs and tables along with the shelves of books and board games are covered in protective plastic waiting for the time they can be displayed and used again. The floors are now marked with six feet spacing for people to stand as they wait for their order. The shop was opened with the plan and hope to for people to meet, have coffee, conversation and stay for a while to play board games, use their lap tops just bond with each other. One of the regular visitors said that visiting the café helped to motivate and keep her “on task”. Apparently there has been live entertainment in the form of music on the third Sunday of the month. The shop is still doing business but at a very reduced rate. There is much hope that this business will survive after the pandemic is over.

As happens four or five times a month I have a second photo of the day for today. The challenge title was “shoot straight up”.

I am making creamy cheesy potatoes and Panini’s for dinner.

Love you
Grandma