June 3, 2020 thought for the day: Your enemy makes you wiser. Italian Proverb

I have been using my Fitbit clip-on for the past few days. I have always been a “home body” and, more to the point, a computer fan for years. I am on the computer for hours every day. During this pandemic it has become even more intense. I realized I need to move around more. One  problem with that is the slowing down of energy and strength that come with aging. So, to get to the point of the Fitbit, it helps me keep up with how much I walk thereby encouraging me to walk more. I did some research on how far a person of my age should be expected to travel in a day. The old adage is 10,000 steps a day but that is way, way beyond my dream in this date in time. Some of the information I found is that 5000 is the minimum for someone of my age. I found that the steps can be counted even if a Rollator is used. I’m not at the 5000 yet but increasing each day.

The photo challenge for yesterday, the 2nd, was “b”. I have a set of crochet balls that I am making for a game for one of my great grandchildren (I have one more to make to complete that part of the project). So that was my subject for today. Notice that the reflection of the white ball picked up the colors of the blues and yellows in the image. I worked with Photoshop to try to correct but that was making a mess so I left it as shot. Also, the reflection of the red ball is very subdued.

I finished the bulletin this morning and sent it to the readers. I also got a tiny bit of yard work done. Not the kind you imagine a sturdy younger specimen would be doing but acceptable in my purview.

Sue has an appointment in a while so we will be leaving for that. I will most likely come back here to start dinner and work on a couple of other projects to tie up for the day until she calls for me to pick her up.

The word is harmony.  Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order, Plato. Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family, Gautama Buddha. To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better, Victor Hugo. Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives are divine and miraculous, and answer to our ideal. . . . Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody, Henry David Thoreau. Heaven's harmony is universal love, William Cowper. Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any; standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony, Thomas Jefferson. Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man, Thomas Carlyle. Peace is never more than one thought away, Ben Jonson.

Today’s theme was “c”. I made shots of parts of a car, a set of cans, an old camera a bag of carrots. Finally settled on this one of the chocolate candy bar.

Some things good can come out of some things awful.  There is an overpass in Columbus this is not used (I imagine there are more then one but this one has a special story).  A couple of local artist decided that the overpass was a perfect place for a bit of art. This particular space is at Whittier Street. More artists assisted in creating a mural stating “We are stronger together” More than a dozen artists, engineers and architects took 50 gallons of paint and several weeks to create this giant sized message. It is near the Scioto Audubon Metro Park. One of the workers was the Catalyst Columbus who creates large murals in the area. One of the artists was quoted as saying that “The message stemmed from the pandemic, of course, a way to unite people and work with my lovely art friends”. She feels that it has a larger scope and is a message of unity. She likes the idea that it can be seen from the city’s tall buildings and, most of all from airplanes. The art piece was paid for from a grant by the Create Columbus Commission with assistance of the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Columbus Art Commission.

I think I am making creamed beef on toast and boiled potatoes.

Joy

PS. sorry about the whinging I did in the last post, but not everyday is perfect.