I have a bad day when I lose hours of work on the computer because I neglected to save a document and it got closed and deleted without saving. Well, that happened a few minutes ago. It took another hour to “fix” it.
My photo for yesterday was “something I wore” I decided to snap a view of a corner of my closet to show a couple of things I “have worn”.I got the bulletin printing done earlier today. I had a problem with that too. I use a special sized envelop for this printing. I order them on line. They were supposed to have arrived yesterday, they didn’t. Instead of mailing as soon as I printed I brought them home in hopes of getting the envelopes this afternoon. So far no such luck. I will have to fold them and put them in the smaller envelope so that I can get them to the post office before the four thirty-pickup time.
Once I got home from the church, I started the laundry. That will be about supper time by the time I get it done.
Sue had a chance to go see the twins today. She went to her former daughter in laws to see them. They did stop by on their way so I got to catch a glimpse of them.
Yesterday I got the chance to go to a restaurant for the first time in about three months. All the proper processes were done. It was good to get away from the same old routine for a change.
Today’s photo challenge is “alone”. I used one of my full time models. It so happens that I can get the best shot of her when she is napping. She is at an age where those naps come quiet often so it is an easy capture. I have a meeting tonight. We will be discussing whether to open the church in the next week or two.
The word is growth. Never look back unless you are planning to go that way, Henry David Thoreau. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant, Robert Louis Stevenson. The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice, George Eliot. Men and women are but children of a larger growth, George Eliot. Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation, George Washington. Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us; there have been many circulation of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud, George Eliot. No propagation or multiplication is more rapid than that of evil, unless it be checked; no growth more certain, Charles Caleb Colton. In the name of the bee and of the butterfly and of the breeze, amen! Emily Dickinson. Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict, William Ellery Channing. Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love, Henry Ward Beecher.
It would be nice to visit places like the Rockies when the parks reopen. It may make us feel like the ‘old’ normal. The article today is about just that thing. Once the parks start opening, it is predicted that there will be crowds of people visiting. The article stated that there are four hundred and fifteen miles of mountain views. There are three hundred miles of hiking trails. Some of the sights to see are forests, wild flowers, and wildlife. Some of the wild life in the Rockies are elk and bighorn sheep. An interesting view that can last into the summer are plowed show banks on the road side. I found one “hint” in the article and that was to enter the park from the west entrance to “explore the quieter” side. The majority of visitors come in through the east side. There is an advantage entering from that side though and that is a free parking shuttle from May to mid October. There is a place that offers an outstanding view. It is called the Aline Visitor Center. One of the driving areas is called Trail Ridge Road and offers forty-eight miles of awesome views. Traveling that road visitors will see moose and elk along the Colorado River. Taking the Old Fall River Road is at a slower pace, fifteen miles an hour, and is eleven miles long. It goes to Horseshoe Park and then to the Fall River Entrance. The road has no guard rails and is narrow and curved with, at time, the forest close enough to touch. All in all a relaxing, educational and peaceful trip.
I found a container of beef stew that I made and froze a couple of weeks ago. That will be dinner tonight.
Joy
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